Richard (Chip) Hay visually explores the dynamics between people and the environments that they create and inhabit. Reflecting his interests and training in sociology, architecture, photography and design, Hay views built and natural environments as cultural manifestations of people and their societies.

Hay interprets the social landscape of ordinary people and their environments on four continents.  Working across several decades, in both analog and digital processes,  encourages his contemplation of change, permanence and impermanence. Kehrer Verlag recently published his photobook Resounding with Echoes: Sojourns across Africa and America.

Hay has exhibited in several group shows including those at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles Center of Photography, PhotoPlace Gallery, Blue Ski Gallery and the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel.. He studied photography at Northwestern University and earned a Ph.D. in Sociology there..  He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay area.