Background
Richard C. Clarkson was born on August 11, 1932 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
Richard C. Clarkson was born on August 11, 1932 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
Richard Clarkson studied journalism at the University of Kansas in Lawrence in 1955.
Richard Clarkson was director of photography at The Topeka Capital-journal in Topeka, Kansas, and lecturer at the School of Journalism at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Clarkson was also a contributing contract photographer for Sports illustrated in New York.
Richard Clarkson was named by American Photo magazine as one of the 50 most influential individuals in American photography. He was selected for inclusion in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame with the class of 2007.
Richard Clarkson is also a recipient of an Honorary Master of Science Degree in Professional Photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography.
A member of ASMP, he has been education chairman since 1977, and was president in 1976 and vice-president in 1975 of the National Press Photographers Association.
