Numerous sexual misconduct allegations have been made against the photographer since the early 2000s.
Terry Richardson
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How Big Media Protects a Big Dick: The Case of Terry Richardson
Every magazine story begins with its headline. In the case of the profile of fashion photographer Terry Richardson on New York magazine’s The Cut, that headline takes the form of a question: “Is Terry Richardson an Artist or a Predator?”
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Required Reading
This week, the lowdown on Mark di Suvero’s radical history, Terry Richardson’s parents, street art in Cairo, Miami and without spray paint, word clouds and some erotic Austrian art of yesteryear … and some other great links.
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Purple’s Olivier Zahm Just Really Loves Women, Bro
Reports hold that Purple Magazine editor Olivier Zahm, widely known for being a skeezy dude who documents his love sex life obsessively online on Purple’s Diary, is just super into the ladies. Says Rachel Chandler, a Purple contributor, “A lot of people think he’s a sexist pig… What they don’t get is that he really loves women. Like, more than any man I’ve ever met.” A New York Times profile has the details.
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Terry Richardson: How A Controversy Becomes A Beast
It started in Paris during the second week of March. When New York-based artist and famed fashion photographer Terry Richardson ran into the Danish model Rie Rasmussen at a fashion event, he found himself confronted by the latter. According to Rasmussen, she accused him of abusing his power to exploit young models for his overtly sexual images, upon which Richardson fled the scene and later called her agency to complain. This in turn prompted Rasmussen to vent more publicly.
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The Brucennial: Piece By Piece (Part 2 of 5)
A continuation of the seemingly impossible task of reviewing the ENTIRE Brucennial art exhibition: 51. Sam Hayes – Reminding me of the Sharon Olds poem, The Pope’s Penis; 52. Unknown – Hula Hoop art. I have no objectivity. ROCKS! …
