"The fashion world is reeling after one of its most renowned photographers, Terry Richardson, has become the target of sexual misconduct claims.
Rie Rasmussen reportedly confronted Richardson, whose "soft porn" style of photography often contains graphic sexual imagery, at a party during Paris fashion week, the New York Post reports.
"I told him what you do is completely degrading to women, I hope you know you only f**k girls because you have a camera, lots of fashion contacts and get your pictures in Vogue", Rasmussen told the newspaper.
Rasmussen told the newspaper Richardson, 44, fled the party after she confronted him but later called her agency to complain. "He takes girls who are young, manipulates them to take their clothes off and takes pictures of them they will be ashamed of," Rasmussen said.
One of the most shocking anecdotes came from fine art model Sarah Hilker, who encountered Richardson at a party for the Suicide Girls website when she was 17 years old:
"I saw him shooting some obviously inebriated chick straddling a full naked erect guy with her SG panties pulled over to the side one hand on the camera; the other hand grabbing his cock over his pants. I'm like HOLY SHIT! I immediately backed away, ran through a bunch of drunk women, confused business people, and out the door like I had just had the worst nightmare imaginable."
In his defense:
"I don't like to exploit anybody, that's not my bag ... everyone has fun on my shoots," he told an interviewer in 2005."
Sketchy.
uhh wait so what is he doing wrong here?
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested to hear the comments of some of the girls, and women he photographed. I think lots of ladies would be shocked by his photography/sexy fun time. But as long as they are down with his deal... no harm, no foul? BUT, if they have the same negative reaction, then he's blowin it.
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