With his professional development steeped in the rich variety of photojournalism’s arena, Rick has become a strong pro in a wide variety of photographic disciplines. Finding appreciation and delight in the creation of an engaging portrait, a well-lit architectural, a telling, human moment, a dramatic landscape, Rick combines his experience and artistry with his passion for the photographic image.

Armed with a Minolta SR-1 purchased in a pawn shop using lawn-mowing and paper-route money Rick began visually exploring his world at 16 years-old.
Earning a degree in photojournalism at Northern Arizona University, Rick began his professional career covering the full spectrum of assignments for a chain of weekly newspapers in southwestern Connecticut.
Since then he has worked as a staffer for the Yuma (Ariz.) Daily Sun, before launching his freelancing career with (Mesa, Ariz.) Tribune Newspapers, The Daily News Sun and Phoenix Gazette, among the regulars. His scope of subjects and clients gradually expanded to include public relations and marketing assignments documenting events, business and environmental portraits, architectural interior/exteriors, international development and relief, landscapes, product shots and lawsuit documentation.
It is during this time the Corbis picture agency began hosting Rick’s images for national and international editorial sale. (www.pro.corbis.com).
As Rick’s work in Photojournalism progressed he earned a number of awards in Arizona photojournalism competitions as well as top placings in several national competitions.
More recently some of this work has allowed Rick to begin exploring the fine art arena with shows at the Monorchid Gallery and the Shemer Art Center, both in Phoenix, the Northern Arizona University School of Communications Gallery, and the Zuva Gallery in Oct. 2007.

In 2003-4 Rick spent a year working in Uganda with the national independent daily, the Monitor, as well as working with development organizations to document their projects in health and education in Uganda.
In the most significant work of that year, however, Rick worked with two other photojournalists sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Kampala to document the plight of the people caught up in the conflict in Northern Uganda. Portions of this exhibit have been shown in galleries in Phoenix and Flagstaff and are posted on the Northern Uganda page of this site. The show again will be presented with several new images along with the documentary film, Uganda Rising at the Zuva Gallery at El Pedregal in north Scottsdale in October. Stay tuned for details.

In addition to the already full plate, Rick began giving back, sharing his experience behind the camera by teaching intermediate and advanced photography at Grand Canyon University. This new and challenging endeavor has helped Rick to stay sharp while helping new photographers explore, understand and improve their grasp of the visual language.
Rick is available for a wide variety of assignments in Phoenix and around the world.
Fine art Images may be purchased through http://www.mightyimaging.com/artists/rickdelia.html

Some of Rick’s current and past clients include:

The Arizona Rennaisance Festival
City of Tempe
Catholic Relief Services
Save the Children
Franciscan Causes
Welcome to America Project
Premier Kitchen and Bath
InterOp
Olson Communications
Resnick and Associates PR
Tribune Newspapers
DeFusco and Udelman, Plc.
Gold Circuit
Corbis
The Wine Studio

Recent Work:
Catholic Relief Services, editorial documentation AIDSRelief project, Education and agricultural projects in Uganda and Rwanda, May-June 2007.
Save the Children, editorial documentation education and mudslide recovery programs in Guatemala, April 2007.
City of Tempe, ongoing architectural documentation of the many construction projects that are changing the town’s skyline.
Premier Kitchen and Bath: Ongoing architectural documentation of showcase kitchens build or remodeled buy the company.
Corbis: Editorial coverage of celebrity event, Muhammed Ali’s Celebrity Fight Night April 2007.