Richard Who?
An award winning Canadian commercial photographer and filmmaker specializing in advertising, music album art, celebrity portrait photography, promotional and fashion photography.As a Toronto music photographer with a studio in the heart of downtown Toronto I work with clients in the music industry most notably Kardinal Offishall on his latest album Not4Sale under Akon's Kon Live Distribution. Also toured with Lady Gaga through Montreal, Winnipeg and Toronto shooting her Tour Diaries on her debut album The Fame.
Film Making being an equal passion of mine, my short films and Music Video’s have garnered several awards from local and international film festivals. Directing music videos for urban hip hop artists such as Kardinal Offishall, Brass Munk, and Trinity Chris among others.
Born in Russia and moved quiet a bit from Israel to Brooklyn, New York where I first picked up a stills camera at a budding 13 years old and immediately fell in love with the art. Being self taught I experimented a lot and refined my style.
Through the use of surreal colors, compositions and unique image processing I have created my own, still evolving method for capturing the energy of a scene and encapsulating personalities. Whether as a music photographer or portrait photographer and even as a commercial photographer I am always a work in progress, I keep learning, refining and reinventing myself and my visual style. Check out my Studio Blog for up to date news and images.
Awards
- Gold Remy Award at WorldFest Houston for dramatic short film “Park Pleasures”
- E.V.A Award at The International Television Association for short film “Hate”
- Grand Prize for Best Independent Short film in the Niagara Indi Film festival for “Numb”
- Music Video of the year at The Marijuana Music Awards for E.O.S “Smoke That Chronic”
Photography Awards, Publications, and exhibitions
- 2009 Applied Arts award for Ad concept on "Nike Lights" image
- Outstanding Achievement in Photography by The International society of Photographers
- Picture The Cure Exhibition held in Toronto's Historic Distillery District to raise money for curing cancer.
- Contact Photography Festival 2007 at System 4 Gallery
- Privilege Magazine- Toronto International Film Festival Celebrity Schmooze
- Canadian Musician- Cover shot and feature story on Kardinal Offishall, NOT4SALE album.
Clients
Select Commercial Client List
Universal Music, Interscope Records, Geffen Records
Much Music, Sutherland Models, Berkshire Group,
Manulife Securities, The Lung Association, AMD/ATI Technologies, Privilege Magazine, Bullet Mag
Celebrity Personalities
Kardinal Offishall, Lady Gaga, Akon, Stephen McHattie, Michael Madsen, Chloe Sevigny, Bruce McDonald, Atom Agoyan, Brass Munk, Ray Robinson, Solitair, Tebey, Norglen, Dearly Beloved, Wank Punter
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What others have said about YOUGOTTALOVE
I hate taking photos. It is one of my least favorite thangs to do in the world. U have to create these moments that will be captured forever. THE PRESSURE! The funny thing is that working wit Yougottalove, all of my pre-conceived notions of what a photo (or video) shot is like goes out the door. Richard makes everyone he's working with and for feel like family. He has a good spirit and a vibe of genius about him that makes me as an artist feel comfortable with 95% of what he suggests. He is enthusiastic, but not to the point where u wanna choke him! My experiences with him have been more than memorable (some we can't talk about...). He has always gone above and beyond protocol to ensure great results with everything he's done for me. Brap, brap!!! Buss 2 shots for Yugotaluv (figuratively speaking people!). He's a good friend but a GREAT artist, Toronto music photographer and a music video director!
Kardinal Offishall
Blackjays / Konvict
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Aint It Cool News at The Palm Beach International Film Festival
...I'd like also to tell about an exceptional short film I watched last night, called 'Park Pleasures' directed by Richard Yagutilov. In five minutes Yagutilov has a film that is beautifully shot, funny, with interesting characters. His five minute short film has everything the two previous features lacked and deserves to be seen by some sort of audience. If you can check out his website...to see where he will be screening it next or to contact him and beg for a copy. Toronto award winning director Richard Yagutilov.
Colin Munroe said: Richard’s got a great eye: he’s done some great videos for Kardinal Offishall and Brassmunk’s upcoming 1st single…I can confidently say it is unlike any music video you have ever seen. One of my managers says that it looks like a Benny Hill skit. That’s a pretty good description. Richard is a great music video director.
Award Winning Photographer
Toronto music photographer on the road!
Check out some landscape photography I shot around the world. Images captured while traveling the Canadian Rockies on the west coast in Alberta and British Columbia, as well as the American desert in California and Arizona. This series was photographed entirely on 35mm film and cross processed for an organic color process that adds a little something surreal. View the landscape photo series in the Earthscenes landscape photography album!