Richard Snodgrass lives in Pittsburgh, Pa with his wife Marty and the irrepressable Tim The Cat. He (Richard, that is; not Tim The Cat) holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.F.A. in Photography from the California College of Arts and Crafts. He was a long-time student of master photographer Oliver Gagliani, and served as teaching assistant at Gagliani’s renowned Virginia City Workshops, specializing in large camera formats and the Zone System.

Richard’s photographs are in private and museum collections across the country. His grants and fellowships include: Artist in Residence, LightWorks, University of Syracuse; Artist in Residence, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico; and a Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

In 1989 Viking Press published his novel, THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE BACK YARD (see Writing).