About
It was in 1939 that our founder, Robert Yarnall Richie (1908–1984), produced the company’s first film while on a still photography assignment for Fortune magazine in the remote jungles of Colombia. His film captured the elusive reality of a native people faced with the intrusion of twentieth-century technology. This led him to a dual career of shooting still and motion pictures for business and industry, including photographic covers and stories for Life, Fortune, Scientific American magazines, as well as annual reports for many Fortune 500 companies.