Photographer

Helen H Richardson

A photojournalist, Richardson has covered large breaking news stories, including the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the 2004-05 tsunami in Indonesia and Thailand; the death of Pope John Paul II in Rome; and the effects of AIDS and lack of water in African nations. She covered the Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, in 2006 and the summer games in Beijing in 2008. In Colorado, she covers news and sports and specializes in wildfire coverage. She particularly enjoys stories that converge with her interests, which include rock and ice climbing, extreme sports, nature, animals and the environment.

Artist Chloé Duplessis poses for a portrait in front of her mural entitled Holding Hope near Denver Central Market in RiNo on Sept. 15, 2023, in Denver. The mural was a collaboration between Duplessis and Valerie Rose, a half-deaf artist out of California. Duplessis says the mural was an effort by two women “navigating disability together, representing marginalized communities and making history together with their mural because they were the first such creative collaboration and team to create public art of this scale in the city of Denver.” (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Losing eyesight sharpens vision for artist Chloé Duplessis

October 3, 2023 at 12:11 p.m.

When a digital artist, muralist, photographer and oral historian was faced with losing her sight, “as an artist, I thought, how can I go on when the very thing I...

Tintype photographer Tim Brown processes an image of himself in his darkroom in Salida on March 20, 2023. “The best wet plate collodion photographers know their chemistry,” said Brown. Some of the chemicals used in the processing include ethyl alcohol, acetic, and silver nitrate. Brown uses a mixture with diluted cyanide which helps to develop the image. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

A 170-year-old photography style evoking the Old West is experiencing a renaissance

August 8, 2023 at 12:27 p.m.

“Tintypes can last hundreds of years. My portraits become heirlooms that will be passed down for generations to come. How cool is that?"

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