Richard Fischer, the Ambassador of Flowers, was born in 1951 in Manila, Philippines. He graduated from the International School and De La Salle College and has lived in Europe since 1963, where he studied economics and art in Mannheim and photography at the Academy in Munich. Fischer participated in numerous international film productions (group portrait with lady by Heinrich Böll) and impressed with his photographic work in studios in Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Vienna. Today the photographer works and lives in Germany and France, runs his own studio for visual concepts and photography since 1978. BURN-IN represents Richard Fischer since 2020 and presented the exhibition SILENT SCREAM in March 2021.
Fischer's heartfelt project since the 1980s has been for the world's endangered floral beauties, 50 percent of which are already threatened with extinction (source: Duke University for Tropical Conservation in North Carolina). Through his work and in collaboration with leading international botanical gardens, he restores to these precious creatures the dignity they deserve. In doing so, he sets striking accents with his signature light painting, encoding the unique beauty and transience of his floral protagonists for a global audience. For 20 years, Fischer has been dedicated to the theme of sustainability and published the successful illustrated book A TRIBUTE TO FLOWERS. Fischer is a partner of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and founded the association Floral Sculptures & Threatened Flowers e.V. in 2010, whose focus is on raising awareness, attracting attention and exhibition conception including realization. His collection of endangered plants is one of the largest in the world.
Photographic work for renowned international media (including Sunday Times Magazine, Stern Magazine, L' illustré, Geo, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Edition Braus, Edition Panorama, teNeues Verlag, Thames & Hudson Verlag, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Daily Mail, DIOR, FAZ Magazine, Bare Essentials Journal, TERRA MATER, ELLE, DIE ZEIT, GRAZIA, QUO/, ATRIUM, Marie Claire and PDN Photo). Fischer received the: Kodak Panther Award, the International Kodak Photo Calendar Award, the Merit, the Red Dot Design Award, the if Design Award, the German Japan Exchange Award, the International Gregor Silver Award and the International Award of Excellence.