About Me
Terry Richardson (born 1965) is an American photographer.
Richardson was born in New York City, raised in Hollywood and Ojai California, and is the son of fashion photographer Bob Richardson. He attended Hollywood High School and Nordorff in Ojai. He played bass guitar in the punk rock band The Invisible Government for 5 years, was a great songwriter and wanted to be a rock star. Richardson began photography when the band broke up and his mother introduced him to Tony Kent the very loving and caring photographer who took him on as an assistant. Terry has shot advertisements for fashion designers, including Gucci, Levi's, Miu Miu, Eres, Tommy Hilfiger, Club Monaco, Supreme, Hugo Boss, Anna Molinari, Stussy, Baby Phat, Jigsaw, Costume National, Hysteric Glamour, Matsuda, and Sisley. Richardson has also shot editorial photographs for a Vogue, Vice, Harpers Bazaar, The Face, GQ and Sports Illustrated. He has exhibited in Japan, London, New York and Paris.[citation needed]
Richardson's portrait subjects include Josie Maran, Morrissey, Daniel Day Lewis, Lindsay Lohan, , Kate Moss, Faye Dunaway, Vincent Gallo, Sharon Stone, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Knoxville, Pharrell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Macaulay Culkin, Tom Ford, Sharon Stone, Mickey Rourke, Pink, Jay-Z, Torian Brown, 50 Cent, Amy Winehouse, Kanye West, Samuel L. Jackson, Marc Jacobs, Li'l Kim, Scott Indrisek, Chloë Sevigny, Nicolas Cage, Mark Wahlberg, Catherine Deneuve, Tony Ward, Lenny Kravitz, Dennis Hopper, Karl Lagerfeld, and Jessica Alba.[citation needed]
Richardson's photo books include, Hysteric Glamour, which was published in 1998; this was followed by Son of Bob in 1999, Feared by Men Desired by Women in 2000, Too Much in 2001, Terryworld and Kibosh, both released in 2004.
He is known for his provocative style of photography, notably his extensive use of compact cameras to shoot campaigns for high-profile clients[citation needed]. Richardson is a notable exponent of the snapshot aesthetic alongside other contemporary photographers such as Nan Goldin and Wolfgang Tillmans. Richardson's photographs are often to some extent autobiographical and frequently graphically depict sexual subject matter.
A collection of Richardson's photography has recently been released by Taschen and sells for $600. This book is limited to 1,000 numbered copies and is signed by Richardson.
More recently he has begun directing music videos, e.g. Young Love (band)'s Find A New Way
Richardson also appears briefly alongside Vincent Gallo in a 2007 Belvedere Vodka commercial.
