Paul Richardson

Paul Richardson is a photographer, videographer, author, and marketing consultant.

Born and raised in Southern California, he graduated from Central College (Pella, Iowa) and went to graduate school at Indiana University, Bloomington (MA in Political Science and a Russian Area Studies Certificate). In 1989 and 1990, he lived and worked in Moscow, running one of the first successful Soviet-Western joint ventures, a publishing company based in Moscow.

Richardson founded StoryWorkz in 1990. The company has gone through many transformations over its 30+ year history, yet its core activity has always been helping people tell better stories. For the past decade, that storytelling has increasingly had photography and videography at its core.

Richardson is an award-winning editor and image maker, and his photo and video work has been published in numerous local, regional, national, and international media outlets and publications, and on national news programs. He has also authored several books, including Driving Down Russia's Spine, The Spine of Russia, Resilience: Life Stories of Russian Centenarians Born in the Year of Revolution, and Running is Flying.

He is a member of the board of directors of Elevate Youth Services.

 


A Few Things We Are Working On
The Vermont Maker Project  Montpelier Rising Project


How to Get a Knock-Out Headshot

Sign up to get free tips on what you need for a killer headshot.
SIGN UP

Testimonials

Recent Work

Beauty and the Ecommerce

Frank Saliani need a new website, and new photography to take his pottery business to the next level.

Web Development Design Photography Video Wordsmithing
Sounds Good!

In July, while capturing loads of video for Festival Napa Valley, we were approached by Meyer Sound, the world’s leading sound equipment company.

Video
30 Events, 12 Days -> 2 Minutes

Capturing video for Festival Napa Valley is a 12-day long marathon.

Video
Financial Education

Helping Pathway implement one of the best uses of commercial video to attract and retain clients.

Headshots Marketing Photography Video
Feeding the Market

Phoenix Feeds and Nutrition gets a photo upgrade.

Headshots Photography Video
Outright Videos

Collaborating to create an impact video for one of Vermont's most impactful nonprofits.

Video
Tennessee Woodworks

Traveling to Nashville, and meeting and working with Eddie and Katie Zingleman on this video, was the highlight of 2022 for me.

Video
Festival Sizzle

We traveled to Napa and distilled over 10 days and 35 events down into a 90 second sizzle reel.

Video
Organic Video

Sunflower Natural Foods needed fresh photos and video to go with its new website.

Photography Video
Art and Craft

Vermont Awards and Engraving wanted some fresh imagery for their website and also a video explaining what makes them different, to help them reach an audience beyond Vermont.

Photography Video
The Story of Maple

The Maple Shop in New Jersey wanted to tell the sweet story of how maple gathers families and community together.

Photography Video Wordsmithing
Bolton Testimonial

VHFA hired us to capture images and a video testimonial of one of their mortgage clients.

Photography Video