Richard Fish was born in Los Angeles, California on February 25, 1919. He earned a bachelor's degree in Cinematography and Journalism at the University of Southern California in 1940, served in the United States Army during World War II, and later attended the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The Richard Fish Collection documents his career as a professional photographer with a focus on residential and commercial architecture and landscape design, art and artists, writers and composers, celebrities and public figures, and natural land and waterscapes. The collection consists of records, documents, correspondence, diagrams, maps, promotional material, publications, notes, photographic material, audio recordings, and ephemera.

Richard Fish was born in Los Angeles, California on February 25, 1919. His father, Benjamin Fish, worked in the motion picture distribution business, initially for his brother Samuel Goldwyn, and later for other companies. The family frequently moved and Fish spent his grammar school years in Seattle, Washington, then moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Later, the family moved to Chicago, Illinois where he attended Hyde Park High School. In his last semester of high school his family moved to Beverly Hills, California. At Beverly Hills High School, Fish wrote for the Beverly Hills High Lights and the Beverly Hills Citizen. He graduated in 1936.

65.16 linear feet

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