Olivier Richon (born in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1956) lives and workks in London, United Kingdom. He studied at the Polytechnic of Central London, he holds a BA in Film and Photographic Arts (1980) and a Master in philosophie (1988). Between 1997 and 2006 he is Director of the Department of Photography, and since 2006, he is Professor of Photography at the Royal College of Art in London.