Terry Richardson

"More awareness needs to be brought to light that Terry Richardson is negatively influencing media with his supposed exploit & abuse of certain models, mainstream degrading pornographic imagery, and inappropriate and unprofessional behavior. His contribution to society has a bad impact as he is being exposed to the masses with the impression of being well received while there are potentially unethical practices not being shown. Allegations and complaints have been publicized from the likes of Coco Rocha, Jamie Peck and Danish Supermodel Rie Rasmussen against Richardson."

So badly written - I can't even :spazrun:

You're right, so poorly written. I had to read it twice to even understand what they were trying to say :rolleyes:
 
His commission work is great. At first I won't realize it's his unless his name is somewhere nearby, or all the sudden there's on very provocative/seductive pose out of nowhere (Miranda K., Harpers Bazaar Flirty Fifties- if it wasn't for the random one sucking on her thumb wouldn't have noticed it was his)

It's the stuff in terry's diary that irks me. What he does on his own time gives me the creeps. It's like watching a show on a serial killer and they have photos, or a piece of something a girl/victim had, and they just keep storing these. Except these are already established models/singers/actors/etc and a photographer, so it's more like a circle jerk and he's just collecting proof that he's had all these topless babes in his living area. Trophies.

He drowns out his own serious work, but he gives off that "I don't give a fuck vibe," so I'm really just parroting the same stuff. Man's gonna do what he wants.

Exactly this. Love some of his good work, but when its bad its bad. Terry's diary makes the models look like cheap girls who were told they'd be made famous if they only took their clothes off for uncle Terry. He's a creepy guy, in my opinion, but I do like some of his photography. I think it's also important to note that nobody was forced and everything was consensual in his shoots, so all of the sexual images he has, well they might not be my taste but at least they're not distasteful.
 
Obviously I've heard everything about him in the media - i just watched a video on elite daily.com about him actually and I just feel like it's so ridiculous. I'm not a personal die hard fan of his but clearly he's a talented photographer or he wouldn't have the name recognition he does if he was some random old pervert with a camera (every suspect on Law and Order: SVU would be a famous photographer in that case). And I understand some of his photos are explicit and models may feel uncomfortable but can't they alway say no? Sure, it could hurt one's career but sacrifices are a part of any career. I don't know much about modeling obviously but in the real world people do things they don't always like to get ahead, or they say no and don't advance their career. it's their call like any models is to shoot with him. So is all the controversy an attention cry or attempt to bring drama? I genuinely just am confused by it
 
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Obviously I've heard everything about him in the media - i just watched a video on elite daily.com about him actually and I just feel like it's so ridiculous. I'm not a personal die hard fan of his but clearly he's a talented photographer or he wouldn't have the name recognition he does if he was some random old pervert with a camera (every suspect on Law and Order: SVU would be a famous photographer in that case). And I understand some of his photos are explicit and models may feel uncomfortable but can't they alway say no? Sure, it could hurt one's career but sacrifices are a part of any career. I don't know much about modeling obviously but in the real world people do things they don't always like to get ahead, or they say no and don't advance their career. it's their call like any models is to shoot with him. So is all the controversy an attention cry or attempt to bring drama? I genuinely just am confused by it

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I have been trying to say this for ages!! Charlotte Waters did not say no once.
 
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Models know what to expect when shooting with Terry - they are familiar with his style, approach etc.

If they don't like it, they can easily say no.
 
So I read this today:

http://www.thewrap.com/vogue-done-with-photographer-terry-richardson-after-sex-allegations

Is there any truth to this? I can't believe Vogue would really stop using Terry, over things that have happened before with no trouble.

I've worked with the girl in question. She's incredibly sweet and I really don't believe she would have posted something like that maliciously, or for the attention. It's hard to speculate as to whether it really was Terry, or some troll as his PR are suggesting, but it will certainly be interesting to see if any consequences actually come of it.
 
Not to trivialize a disgusting and terrifying event, but the article's description of Terry being "the human version of a white windowless van" is so dead on.


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Why the fashion industry be held to a different standard than anywhere else... ? Even if only a fraction of these stories are true, it's completely unacceptable. :superpuke:
 
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I love Terry Richardson, he truly is a talented photographer. I saw the recent pictures that he posted on his Tumblr of Wyoming, and I'm actually amazed that he managed to make Wyoming look somewhat interesting. Oh, I'm also in love with this recent picture that he took of Crazy Horse Monument. Last year I went to visit it in SD and thought it was the most boring thing ever (even with the light show going on), but this picture that Terry took of it makes it look better than it actually is, it almost makes me want to re-visit it. :lol:
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he's a creep like so many other photographers in the fashion industry, I'm sure. The only difference is that he's been exposed many times unlike them.
 
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he's a creep like so many other photographers in the fashion industry, I'm sure. The only difference is that he's been exposed many times unlike them.
I think that's very unfair to say. I'm sure there A LOT of creepy ass amateurs (actually who am I kidding... there are a fuck ton of them... creepy predatory men with cameras). As for any accomplished professional, I would give the benefit of the doubt. Judging just by the way that AB replies to tumblr messages shows that he's level headed and very non-predatory. In my experience, people don't "get away" with something forever, so only time will tell. I remember way back when I read about "Felice Fawn" and her "incident" with Terry which seemed so obvious at the time... ofc Terry was the creep and Felice was the victim... or NOT. If you know her personality, you'll also know that she's an incredible pathological liar, scammer, cokehead... basically not trustworthy at all. She did get quite a few followers after the "incident" - it's hard to filter out the true vs false allegations.
 
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Terry was the creep and Felice was the victim... or NOT. If you know her personality, you'll also know that she's an incredible pathological liar, scammer, cokehead... basically not trustworthy at all. She did get quite a few followers after the "incident" - it's hard to filter out the true vs false allegations.
Sorry to go a bit off-topic but, pretty as she is, I find the overall impression (just from her internet presence) to be that she is an efficient bullshit generator.
 
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I don't know enough about Terry Richardson to have an valid opinion on him either way as a person. Trial by media is something that I think is very dangerous, especially in this day and age of internet commenting, where some people half read an article and form an opinion which (often without them realising it) is based in part upon their own personal experiences and prejudices.

That's not to say that he's necessarily a nice or moral guy, or that there aren't fashion photographers who would take advantage of their position. There are people like that in every industry, you stand a chance of meeting them in any job you might do (there are teachers who abuse their position to sleep with schoolkids ffs). But it doesn't make it OK to generalise about an entire industry based on accusations that have been aimed at one high profile person working in that field.

I only mention this because I know of people who graduated art college and found work as photographers in fashion or music - there wasn't any creepy agenda behind their choices, it's an area of photography which can provide employment and is a bit more exciting and less dreary than other areas. If I'd specialised in photography I'd totally have gone for fashion stuff and I have literally no interest in creeping on models.
 
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