terry richardson

Anthony please believe, the man's just not CLEAN on so many levels, mmm-kay?

http://www.maggie-gyllenhaal.net/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=41

http://www.amconmag.com/08_11_03/feature.html

my devils advocacy on the ile thread about that is easily the dumbest shit ive ever posted

I'm sure this has been on another thread, but still pretty funny:

http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2008/09/terry-richardson-obama-photo.jpg

this guy's like the proto-cobrasnake, yeh?

terry richardson for vogue 2009 calendar

enjoy, mangs

http://hypebeast.com/2008/11/terry-richardson-x-vogue-2009-calendar/

http://b.casalemedia.com/V2/62096/151749/Tshirt_ecoman_sd_728x90.gif
lol at terry richardson banner ad

Hoping this shitstorm means this dude is curtailed, if not officially declared OVER. The Guardian have it on page 3 today so maybe the magazines here will take note?

http://jezebel.com/5494634/meet-terry-richardson-the-worlds-most-fked-up-fashion-photographer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/mar/19/terry-richardson-fashion-photography-pornography

My own mag has a shoot with him in the current issue. As I mention upthread, I know the guy to say Hi to and that's never been unpleasant, but I've never liked his work. There are plenty of people in my field with power who don't either, but unfortunately I don't make commissioning decisions about what photographers we use (unless I've generated the feature in question). I will, however, ask the big boss if he plans to carry on using the man's work. I would imagine he might be embarrassed enough to drop his contribution; we regularly refuse to cover people the grapevine tells us are junkies or whatever.

It is difficult to stand up to behaviour like this from the editorial side of things, because in fashion magazines the *worst* thing to be in your office is the "worthy" one. Insisting on female agency or holding feminist views is seen as evidence that you're not cool, or you're reaching for those views because you're not pretty. Part of that is the tougher-than-thou atmosphere in a fashion industry workplace (anything to sideline a competitor is OK, if the losing party were tougher, they would not be a loser, yada yada).

I thought it was already pretty obvious that this dude is a total perv (and a total hack). If this means I never have to hear of him/see his work ever again, then there may be hope in the world yet.

And yes, it is pretty disgusting how these dudes get off on delusions of sexual omnipotence and license, and are so willing to totally abuse it. He and Dov Charney should be forced to fight to the death.

Well, yeah. I should also note that a lot of people in fashion that you wouldn't expect to defend the status quo are in this case trying to do so, and in 'she would say that' terms.

I can't think of this guy without remembering this anecdote I read about his dad:
http://www.metafilter.com/82291/Sara-Ziff-talks-to-Louise-France-about-the-world-of-teen-modelling#2597914

Being a perv, recognized as such, and people dealing with your work I'm ok with. Using your position to exploit others, especially with young women, kids, or anyone else on the weak end of a power relationship, not so much. Ugh.

theres an utterly despicable article about this on the website i work for

id rather not link to it directly but its the first google result here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=terry+richardson+the+daily+beast&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

"He's so out in the open" reads to me as "I've never been abused, so I don't recognize the language of an abuser speaking"

Didn't realize he lived with his schizo, drugged-up dad when he started out.

that whole piece is just a gigantic kiss-ass morally repellent confession of total ignorance--even includes "oh shes just jealous" as a bonus at the end

lol

http://thegloss.com/fashion/terry-richardson-is-really-creepy-one-models-story/

also

http://www.terrysdiary.com/post/461129664/i-just-want-to-take-a-moment-to-say-im-really

fyi

Is diddums hurt? Awwwwww.

i mean, TR has been doing this for YEARS and it's not really a secret; my honest to god question is why people suddenly notice/are scolding NOW. Not saying he doesn't deserve the criticisim, but it strikes me as a total Maison Derriere thing of feigned shock...

I'd have thought everything she says in that article is glaringly obvious. I guess it's not..?? That's sort of depressing.

There is a vibe in fashion that only losers or The Worthy complain about the exploitation of people working professionally in the industry, the idea being that successful people have more important things (and people) to worry about. A commenter at Tavi's blog pointed out that such indignities would never befall Anna Wintour's daughter - which is kind of the point Tavi is trying to make, that this is a bully who preys on the powerless on those occasions he can.

well yeah, i mean i know ppl on the low rungs of the fashion industry and they are all pretty horribly treated

also they are not running in heels style retards, they are capable skilled employees who get treated like shit and work for nothing

http://i.imgur.com/ELzYKVW.jpg

see i cant get a hard on w. his work. (isnt that the defention of porn, wether you can masterbate to it ?)
― anthony, Friday, July 16, 2004 6:14 PM (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

good analysis from anthony

He has just been dropped by Target and Vogue because, hey, it turns out he's a rapey creep. Who knew?

I feel like there's a parallel here with Donald Sterling -- "so this is what changed your mind?"

Exactly. Nobody with even the vaguest interest in fashion could have been under any illusion about him being a vile predator but it's good to see the right thing being done, if only for the wrong reasons.

But also, people do things, and then they have regrets, and that’s also nothing to do with me. Then don’t do pictures like that again … I’m okay with myself about everything, and that to me is the most important thing.

that is very fucking far from the most important thing imo

Oh well as long as Terry Richardson is OK with himself that's cool, move along everyone

lol @ poor Obama coming up when you google this dude's name

kinda feel this: http://gawker.com/heres-the-terry-richardson-profile-you-didnt-read-in-ne-1592188149

I already (thought that I) thought the worst of this guy, but the nymag article made me think worse.
nobody's acting like this is a cool rehabilitating article right?

Not really "rehabilitating" but certainly overly balanced.

http://www.damemagazine.com/2014/06/17/terry-richardson-predatory-artist

what is 'overly balanced'

nb the article i linked is reading more into the nymag article than i think is reasonable ... but then i came away from reading the ny mag article thinking terry was a bigger scumbag than i thought so idk why it's being seen as esp. forgiving

the headline on the nymag article, though, def sets a really stupid tone

xp when they show 'both sides of the story' and act like they have equal weight

isn't that a projection

like, i see these two paragraphs next to each other:

But he seems either unaware of or unwilling to acknowledge the ways in which coercion can be unspoken and situational. A prominent photography agent identifies the potential for abuse. “Kate Moss wasn’t asked to grab a hard dick,” this person says. “Miley Cyrus wasn’t asked to grab a hard dick. H&M models weren’t asked to grab a hard dick. But these other girls, the 19-year-old girl from Whereverville, should be the one to say, ‘I don’t think this is a good idea’? These girls are told by agents how important he is, and then they show up and it’s a bait and switch. This guy and his friends are literally like, ‘Grab my boner.’ Is this girl going to say no? And go back to the village? That’s not a real choice. It’s a false choice.”

Someone who’s spoken with Richardson about the Kibosh project recalls him describing his feelings with some nuance. “He said, ‘I was really up front about the kind of work I was making, and it came from pain; it was an expression of the pain and trauma I’ve experienced in my life, and I’m not proud of it.’ ” In our conversations, Richardson was less introspective and more defensive. “I don’t have any regrets about the work at all,” he tells me, “but obviously I don’t ever want someone to feel like that. It was never my intention. But also, people do things, and then they have regrets, and that’s also nothing to do with me. Then don’t do pictures like that again … I’m okay with myself about everything, and that to me is the most important thing.”

It's the structure of 'both sides' but not the content. i mean, apparently a lot of people aren't reading it the way i did, so some of that has to fall on the writer—when I read the "Canyons" (lindsey lohan, james deen, etc.) piece in the new york times, it was a lot more dryly humorous. So maybe this piece is sloppier? But nonetheless, I read that last paragraph as pretty damning.

The article does raise some of the concerns but, in my view, makes the ideas that he has 'pushed his art into grey areas that some people are uncomfortable with' and 'he is a rapist and sexual predator' seem like equally defensible positions. Maybe it is projection, i don't know.

for an overly balanced article it seems to have made people universally grossed out by terry richardson, so... maybe it's not overly balanced?
like you might as well show 'both sides of the story' if one is clearly super damning and then your point is made. maybe I'm misreading though.

he is a butt hole

idk, idk. Plenty of comments below the article itself that would seem to contradict that but perhaps that's to be expected.

xp

tbf there were rumors ahead of time that NYmag was working on something 100% in his defense and what they actually ran was pretty warts and all beyond the quotes TR gave, and in a way it's more damning for that stuff to appear in a piece that he cooperated with and was interviewed for.

Hah I didn't know his dad was also a famous fashion photog

That Dame mag piece is just weird. The prima facie idiocy of the "other side of the story" is all the more damning. It would be a less effective takedown without the stuff from the Richardson camp.

Yeah, the details about his dad are the only new parts of this for me (and that he took up with 17-year-old Anjelica Houston when TR was a kid).

On the one hand, Gavin Mcinnes liked the piece. On the other hand, Ross douthat was opposed.

for an overly balanced article it seems to have made people universally grossed out by terry richardson, so... maybe it's not overly balanced?
like you might as well show 'both sides of the story' if one is clearly super damning and then your point is made. maybe I'm misreading though.

― chinavision!, Wednesday, June 18, 2014 7:42 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah this was my line of thinking. I don't need the writer to hold my hand on whose quotes are dumb and whose aren't when it seems self evident to me

http://racked.com/uploads/MarthaStewartTerryRichardson_2014_7.jpg

Just wait until you see the subsequent photos in that series.

One leg in the air, posing with a jar of peanut butter. (spoiler)