Here we have Sir Terry Richardson, the self-obsessed quasi-pornographer, possibly meth addicted, fashion photographer who rocks a sleazy handlebar mustache, long sideburns and a collection of odd tattoos, including one on his belly that reads "T-bone" and one on his heart that reads "SSA." I can't even discuss those dreadful yellow 70's shooter glasses...yuck!
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Despite all negative attractions noted above, this man is quite genial and is famously attractive to women especially the supermodels which he photographs. He has no doubt nailed most if not all the women he has photographed, but all has changed since he met New York 'It Girl' Jen Brill (shown below), an absolute stunner 20 years his junior. They are set to wed any day now.
Terry has lensed campaigns for such clients as Gucci, Miu Miu, Chloe, H&M, Hugo Boss, Anna Molinari, Stussy, Baby Phat, Jigsaw, Levi’s, Eres, Tommy Hilfiger, Club Monaco, Supreme, Costume National, Hysteric Glamour, Matsuda, and Sisley. He has also shot editorial photographs for magazines such as French Vogue, British Vogue, Exit Magazine, Vice, Harper’s Bazaar, Penthouse, The Face, GQ, Sports Illustrated, Purple and i-D, and his impressive list of subjects includes Barack Obama, Daniel Day Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jake Gyllenhaal, Justine Timberlake, Vincent Gallo, Tom Ford, Jay Z, Kanye West, Johnny Knoxville, Karl Lagerfeld, Pharell Williams, Pamela Anderson, Mary-Kate Olsen, Lindsay Lohan and many others.
I honestly love Terry’s work. Although his work is often labelled 'porn' and/or 'kiddie-porn' and the media frequently expresses disapproval to his provocative and confrontational photography, I just see him as a photographer trying to capture the raw essence of his subjects with no boundaries, no secrets and zero pretensions.
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