My husband, Richard Coward, started out as a fashion photographer working in black and white, but by the time of his death at 68, after a short illness, he had added printmaking, abstract painting, etching and film-making to his skills.
Richard was brought up in Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, by Margaret (nee Brooks) and Harry, who worked there. He left school in Cheam at 16 and started working at an advertising agency in Soho as a runner. He then moved to a photographic studio.
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