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Terry Richardson: misunderstood creative genius, dirty pervert or both?


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  1. 1. What's the deal with Terry?

    • He's a misunderstood victim of circumstances and his quirky imagination
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    • He's a pervert who uses his status as a high-profile photographer to take advantage of (young) models
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    • He's a bit of both of the above
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Naah, it was inspired by his apparent friendship with Marloes Horst. :p I worry about the girl. :/ If any pervert should get with her, it should be me dammit! :rofl:

so you can still perv with her at least. :p

So you're telling me there is a chance? :doofywave:

You got hotel reservations and a flight waiting on your birthday. Candi will be there. It was supposed to be a surprise, but i had to let it out :blush:

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there to me is a value of sexist behaviour that is unfair to judge him by, I have seen a great amount of his work and nobody so far has mentioned his work with men kabosh and son of bob, he is labeled as luring young girls into things they dont want to do, just curious if you are going to say he exploits women, then should not say he is equal with men.....

do I agree with his personal habits, not my call to judge, really name some of the great people of this century who wre not on some sort of drug or had addiction, freud cocaine, poe , opiates, really the list is long..

the truth is despite for his persoal habits, he produces art, gets it on time, and the pirelli calendar allllll those girls were dyeing to be in that calendar, and lets be honest here he is not hiding things here, sombody had to take the picture, being published , internet, his diary is nothing but self admisson, he does not apologize, he does not make excuses,

did anyone here about a photographer sally mann, I hope I got that rite :blush: she was a mother who was a great photographer and pictured her children in there freedom of being a child, and also when you are a chlid thre is part that mimics adults, there is one who has a ciggaette in her mouth, she was damned for child pornography, her own family published ,people... pedophiles or sex offenders do not advertise, her body of work is amazing, and eventually she got cleared from criminal charges,

diane arbus, for her beautiful and haunting images of metnal illness

Robert mappelthorpe much like terry, got shut down for a picture of a freinds little girl who you could see under her dress, and his male sexual pictures....

Terry richardson has been around a long time , he earned where he is for his work, and models and celebs gladly stand behind his lense.

as with anything, it is easy to judge , to see one tree instead of the forest, meaning if you are going to critcize an artist know your art history, and many an artist may not be a likeable person, most were not, but the quality of the work an artist does is what I look at..

none of my buisness of his or hers personal life :wave:

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From what i've read it seems he only comes onto the girl when he thinks he can get away with it. Either the girl is young and dumb or an obscure unknown who will never have a name in fashion. IMO he needs to be stamped out. We don't need that dirty predator sht, they can hire Jurgen Teller instead he has the same style.

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I have zero tolerance for people who have no backbone and sit around acting passive aggressive. If a situation doesn't seem right, they SAY SOMETHING about it, and if the situation is pushed, and your Agency isn't willing to do anything, get a lawyer

Terry likes sex, loves his drugs, likes his music and he enjoys having a good time. If he asks a girl to party with him and she's reluctant but goes along with it anyways and then bitches about it afterwards... Fuck that.. Abuse at will Terry and god speed

Have a backbone. Say no when it counts, or shut up about it.

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Hmmm. I think you are forgetting to factor in certain things. One of which is the huge disparity in life experience between Terry and his "victims". The large majority of those models are young women who are just starting out and they are in an environment completely controlled by him. It takes a very strong individual to stand up for herself in that context.

This case is a good example of what can happen when you couple a slightly naive younger person with a demanding authority figure:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_call_scam#Mount_Washington.2C_Kentucky.2C_incident

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With the nature of his work, it’s not surprising that the line between edgy and exploitative has blurred, and that stories of questionable behaviour have arisen. Bearing in mind that he's worked with some of the highest profile people around, if there is some truth to these allegations (many of which are really quite shocking, although I think we have to remember that they are just allegations), then what are the chances of some 18-year-old girl from the back of beyond and expect her to be the one to go "actually no, this is wrong"?

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