Model's Experience Working With Pervy Photographer Terry Richardson Goes Viral On Reddit
2014.03.11
Why is anyone still working with him? Going by the name amaheygirlhey, she alleges that the following events took place when she was "modeling" for Richardson five years ago when she was 19, and had started doing nude "art" modeling a few months prior.
After arriving at the studio, Richardson and his female assistant were casual and friendly. She signed some vague release forms before the shoot began.
She alleges that Richardson's behavior grew increasingly inappropriate, invasive, before becoming completely fucked up:
After arriving at the studio, Richardson and his female assistant were casual and friendly. She signed some vague release forms before the shoot began.
She alleges that Richardson's behavior grew increasingly inappropriate, invasive, before becoming completely fucked up:
I stood there and he started taking pics, assistant off to the side. Then he came up and took pictures POV style with his hand on my face. Then he put his thumb in my mouth, I actually thought this was funny in the moment and he and his assistant were very upbeat and just light heartedly directing me. Then he stepped back at some point and had me start removing my clothes (I knew I would be getting nude, so this was not weird to me). I remember he had me take stuff off in stages, he complimented a lot, his assistant too. Definitely the usual trying to make the barely legal model feel special kind of thing looking back. I honestly do not remember if the sexual stuff started by the wall or when he moved me to the couch area but at some point I was being directed to do things like hold the top of his pants while he took more POV style pictures, then eventually unbutton his pants and then his penis was out. Meanwhile it felt like it was all just happening and there was no time to step back and be like "woah this is out of hand". I dont think anyone who knows me would describe me as a particularly aggressive person (and definitely wasn't at 19) and the only way I can describe how I felt was nervous and paralyzed. At some point the assistant started taking pictures too with a crappy point and shoot camera. He had me posing on the couch and then I had my back to him and just literally felt him start licking my ass, like every part of it, and the assistant was taking pictures the whole time. Things were now completely pornographic and never once initiated by me. He was now on the couch with me and it became sexual act after sexual act, aggressive kissing, random sexual things being done to me and being directed to do everything you can think of back, everything slow so his assistant could photograph. He even directed me to squeeze his balls as hard as I could so that they pushed back up into his body. I did not even know that was possible (At least I learned something about the male anatomy that night?). I was completely a sex puppet at this point. It ended with him jacking off on to my face and he told me to keep my eyes open really wide and his assistant stood over me and it got in my eye and they both began taking pics of it for a what felt like 10 minutes but was probably only 30 seconds...
At some point, Richardson asked if she had a boyfriend to which she said yes, and he became "overly sweetly apologizing":[H]e said oh I always mean to ask that first I'm so sorry. This was the part that actually bothered me the most because A. I think what had just happened was hitting me and B. it felt so fake and planned and like a slap in the face.
So why reveal all that now? While she previously didn't feel comfortable discussing what had happened to her, she felt compelled to finally speak her truth about her experience working with Terry:I feel like it is extremely important for me to share my experience
for the sake of other young women out there so I'm starting here. I want
to not only warn against making the same mistake I did but possibly
open up the dialogue about how/and why this sort of thing can happen so
easily. Let me preface this by saying I am fully aware that this was bad
decision making on my part and that the true purpose of me sharing this
is I want people to know what is possible in these situations and that
you as a human being are 100% allowed to say no to something you are
uncomfortable with and I wish I had the strength to then.
There's no denying that Terry is aware that the power dynamic between him and his young photo subjects. God knows how many other similar stories are out there just waiting to come out of the woodwork. Be sure to read the full post here.More Articles
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