Richard Twine (photographer)

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Richard Aloysius Twine (May 11, 1896 – September 27, 1974) was a professional photographer in the Lincolnville area of St. Augustine, Florida, during the 1920s. Born in St. Augustine to Harriet and David Twine, he was the youngest of eight children and likely learned photography in New York City. In Lincolnville he shot street scenes and ran a studio at 62 Washington Street. In 1927 he moved to Miami, worked at a restaurant, and later opened a hotel.

In 1988 a collection of his glass plate negatives was found in the attic of a house that had been his home and the St. Augustine Historical Society acquired them. His photographs document Lincolnville life, including Emancipation Day parades in 1920 and scenes at the Florida Normal and Industrial Institute, and they even include a self-portrait. The University of North Florida and the Lincolnville Museum have worked to preserve and interpret his work as part of Lincolnville’s history.

A relative, Henry L. Twine (1923–1994), was a civil rights leader in St. Augustine who helped pave the way for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and became the city’s first Black vice mayor.