Richard Learoyd (born 1966) is a British contemporary artist and photographer.

Richard Learoyd was born in the small mill town of Nelson, Lancashire, England in 1966.

While there he studied with American photographer Thomas Joshua Cooper.

[3] Learoyd taught photography at Bournemouth and Poole College from 1994 until 1999.

[4] Learoyd's work is held in the following public collections: