Richard Marshall Opera and Photography

MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) is reputed to be the largest museum in the country and maybe the world for contemporary art. It is housed in a series of old industrial buildings in North Adams, Massachusetts. Some of... Read More

New additions to my Portraits collection.   Susan DeDell is conductor of the Brattleboro Concert Choir. I met her across a table in a restaurant in Brattleboro over a cup of coffee. But, when I went to take her picture... Read More

Once in a while there is an opportunity to get an unusual photo. It was during the Christmas holidays when my wife’s cousin’s husband and my wife’s grand children were visiting. Michael, that was his name, loved fireworks which he... Read More

As I continue my research for A Ramble through Small-Town New England I’m meeting more fascinating people. Yesterday I drove to Florida, Massachusetts, the highest and perhaps coldest town in Massachusetts,  to meet Stanley Brown. Stan was 84 and had lived... Read More

I am working on the second volume of my book and spent part of Sunday photographing North Adams. Here are part of the results. North Adams is the smallest and poorest city in Massachusetts. When Sprague Electric moved out, a... Read More

When I took this picture I didn’t think it would be anything special. It is typical Vermont countryside on the back roads. But it is growing on me as I look at it. The dark barn against a brighter back... Read More

Fall is a beautiful time of the year in Vermont and I have captured some scenes this year. Fall Reflections: The beautiful fall leaves reflected in Clara Lake, Whitingham, Vermont. You can find this photo in Reflections      ... Read More

               I’m fascinated by barns, particularly old barns, and most of all barns that are falling down. I wouldn’t like to own them, but they make great photos. Unfortunately, many of the farms in... Read More

I keep meeting artists as I work on my book “A Ramble with Betsy through Small-town Vermont. Yesterday I climbed up twenty steep steps in an old building in the center of Brattleboro and walked down a long corridor to... Read More

One of my pleasures is to sit out and enjoy my Vermont Garden. Here are a few photographs of the many different flowers that are blooming in June. I have added a new section called My Vermont Garden which contains... Read More