Jim Richards is an American photographer, sculptor and papermaker.

Beginning his work in the film business in 1988 at Broadcast Arts, working in film animation, Jim worked his way up through the ranks. Throughout this time he continued to make things: experimental animated Super-8 films in the early 90’s, and then photography and sculpture. He opened his studio in 1995 in Union City, NJ, in a 150-year-old former silk factory, where he continues to make things today. There he started working with liquid emulsion and printing on wood, utensils for eating and dishware, printing in a homemade 4’x4’x8’ black box darkroom (with no plumbing or air circulation). After attending classes at Penland School of Crafts in the early 2000’s, he expanded his printing media to include copper, glass, razor blades and vegetables, made easier now, having built a darkroom in a larger space with running water in the same building.