Tuesday, February 4, 2014

No Terry Richardson for me

I assume everyone knows Terry Richardson: a famous photographer who has photographed pretty much everyone that mattered at the time. Personally, I don't get it. I really don't get the hype. Sure, he takes a good photo, but to me most of it is boring and amateuristic. (Yeah I know: maybe that's the point. But to be honest, I'm too lazy to check. And why would that be a succes? It's surreal to me. And yes: I admit he has done some good -perhaps even amazing- editorial shoots. I'm not saying it's all bad.) The only thing that matters is his name I guess. It's like preferring a brand champagne above a less known one, even though the latter might be ten times better than the famous brand. Feel free to disagree with me, but I'm definitely not a fan.

Top to bottom: Lindsay Lohan - Cole Mohr - Miley Cyrus - Jared Leto

Sure, there's a theme: he loves to play with sexuallity and tries to give it a casual look, but I rarely see a picture appear where I think "damn, Terry, I might be a fan after all". Besides, there are far more interesting (and perhaps classier) ways of playing with nudity in pictures.

Oh, and if I see one more white trash picture of Miley I'm gonna have to stop surfing the web. They're everywhere. Besides cats. And Jennifer Lawrence. Gotta love the internet.