Photographer Richard Doodnauth is making great strides in the local industry despite having only started out in the profession just over a year ago. Richie, as he is often referred to, specializes in portrait and events photography. He does a bit of landscape photography as well.
The younger of two boys, Richie grew up at Herstelling with his family. He watched numerous Bollywood movies, imagining himself as the star and dreaming of the day he would become an actor. He was fascinated by the art of filmmaking including photography and videography even then, but while he had an eye for the colours that came into play, he never thought he would be the one behind the camera one day.
Richie had for years been dabbling in photography with the use of his phone whenever he visited a new destination somewhere in Guyana. Usually, he arrived at one of these places around the country from his customers. For the last eight years, he has been a taxi driver. Customer care is at the top of Richie’s list, whether as a photographer or taxi driver. Every time he spotted a nice place, he stopped his car, took out his phone and snapped a photo. He used an editing app on his phone to edit his photos. “I like interfering with colours and changing colours,” Richie said of his editing skills.
