Richard Tepe was a Dutch photographer best known for his evocative studies of birds, animals, landscapes, and rural life in the Netherlands. Trained initially in business rather than art, he turned seriously to photography around the turn of the 20th century and became especially admired for his patient, carefully observed images of wildlife made in natural settings. His work combines documentary precision with a strong sense of atmosphere and composition, placing him among the important early practitioners of nature photography in Europe.