Terry Richardson Bashing

[Roger Hicks]

Not to change the subject but what about the reputation of David Bailey? The movie Blowup is said to be loosely based upon him and the scene he was in and I think the flick shows him to have been a little randy with the models. Was he different than TR maybe a little more discreet?

Yes, he slept with lots of them. A quick Google reveals:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Yes-I-slept-lot-women-choice--wasnt-rape.html

Even though it's in the Daily Mail, it's a fairly accurate representation of what went on in the Swinging Sixties. But times were different then.

Cheers,

R.

 

[koven]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Yes-I-slept-lot-women-choice--wasnt-rape.html

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Living the life 😀

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I love Terry Richardson

I feel like if it wasnt for him most contemporary fashion photography and photography in general would look french.

Out of honest curiosity, what do you mean by "looking french"?

 

[Sparrow]

Living the life 😀

... and libertine rather than letch I would have said

 

[koven]

Out of honest curiosity, what do you mean by "looking french"?

I would say very classy, pretentious, civilized, dramatic, and romantic. Almost a film noir type aesthetic. I love the french style but its good to see some variety.

I think this commercial was directed by Richard Avedon but this is kind of what I'm talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm11CJIZTsM


It seemed like in the 80s and 90s everything in fashion was like that. Terry was anti that so that's one of the reasons he was celebrated.

 

[tunalegs]

There's really not much difference.

Terry just makes them stand too close to a wall.

 

[Al Patterson]

That and of course "Antifragile", the third in the trilogy. I can heartily recommend all three -- and like you, I read Black Swan first.

Cheers,

R.

"the Black Swan" was a tough read, but quite interesting. We seem to have problems with extreme events being more common than we think. Are the next two easier to read?

 

[Al Patterson]

you got me on this one, my bad roger 😛
i just find twitter can be very useful at times ...

I agree, my point isn't that twitter isn't usefull, it is that there is a lot of trash there, and that the number of followers doesn't always indicate the quality of information tweeted.

 

[Roger Hicks]

"the Black Swan" was a tough read, but quite interesting. We seem to have problems with extreme events being more common than we think. Are the next two easier to read?

Dear Al,

I found Fooled by Randomness easier but Antifragile a little chewier. Then again, once you have understood The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness is inherently easier.

But then, I've been reading a lot of politics, economics and even sociology lately because (after all) it's about our future. It's all very well to pretend that we can hide behind old RF cameras but there are limits to that strategy.

Cheers,

R.

 

[splitimageview]

Those photos of President Obama are horrid. Looks like snapshots done with a camera's built in flash.

That's his signature, how that became trendy is something I'll never get. But as Al indicated with regards to Twitter, quality isn't necessarily a prerequisite to popularity.

 

[Al Patterson]

Dear Al,

I found Fooled by Randomness easier but Antifragile a little chewier. Then again, once you have understood The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness is inherently easier.

But then, I've been reading a lot of politics, economics and even sociology lately because (after all) it's about our future. It's all very well to pretend that we can hide behind old RF cameras but there are limits to that strategy.

Cheers,

R.

I read the Black Swan, but that doesn't mean I understand it. I too read a lot of economics stuff. I liked "The Great Reset" , but it probably means more to those of us in the US than it might to those on your side of the pond...

 

[tunalegs]

That's his signature, how that became trendy is something I'll never get. But as Al indicated with regards to Twitter, quality isn't necessarily a prerequisite to popularity.

Well there is currently a trend for both overexposed and underexposed images. I guess awful is the new black. At least the cross-processing fad gave us something interesting, as opposed to bland and lifeless.

 

[msbarnes]

Ughhh photography is so trendy.

 

[splitimageview]

Well there is currently a trend for both overexposed and underexposed images. I guess awful is the new black. At least the cross-processing fad gave us something interesting, as opposed to bland and lifeless.

Too true. Some of today's digital fads appear to be clones of yesterday's darkroom errors. I think there are filters called "poor fixing" and "oops forgot the stop bath."

 

[koven]

All these guys bashing Richardson need to post a link to their work. The people who are the most vocal and critical rarely ever have anything to show for themselves.

 

[splitimageview]

All these guys bashing Richardson need to post a link to their work. The people who are the most vocal and critical rarely ever have anything to show for themselves.

You want some shots with on-camera flash against a white wall? Sorry, that's not good enough to post on my site.

🙂

 

[tunalegs]

You want some shots of with on-camera flash against a white wall? Sorry, that's not good enough to post on my site.

🙂

I lol'd.

How about a ceiling? That's twice as edgy as a wall.

 

[Ranchu]

All these guys bashing Richardson need to post a link to their work. The people who are the most vocal and critical rarely ever have anything to show for themselves.

Why would that matter?

If a rapist is a photographer who takes better pictures than me then they're not a rapist?

If mine are better that means they are one?

Think harder.

 

[Ranchu]

Everybody loves to bash Richardson because his photography is 'dirty' but at the end of the day with him it's pretty much YGWYS.

That has nothing to do with why I'm calling the little **** a rapist, it's because I think he's a rapist.

 

[f16sunshine]

That has nothing to do with why I'm calling the little **** a rapist, it's because I think he's likely a rapist.

"Likely" you say?
So it's guilty until proven innocent.
That's not the world I want to live in.