"Untitled (Tongue)" by Terry Richardson, C-type print, 16x20"
Born in 1965 in New York to a fashion photographer father and stylist mother and raised in France, Hollywood, Woodstock,
Terry Richardson's childhood was far from average.
Growing up in Hollywood with the punk scene in full swing, Terry began
documenting his environment. The images of his friends and his life from this period show a generation lost to broken homes,
sex, and beer. After completing his education, Terry made his way back to New York where he continued exploring documentary
photography, this time recording the brutality of sexual abandon and the harsh, lonely reality of the early 90’s drug
culture in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
It was during this period that Terry started working as a fashion photographer and his images started appearing in magazines
such as The Face, I-D, Dazed and Confused, Purple, Harper’s Bazaar, W, British Vogue, GQ, and Index. Terry's provocative and
energetic images in such campaigns as Sisley and, most recently Gucci, would help transform fashion photography.
Although his personal work stands separate from his commercial work, Terry continues to bridge the gap between the two by
incorporating elements from one into the other. While Terry’s work in the fashion industry has been satisfying, he believes
it has enabled him, more importantly, to continue exploring his fascination with the human condition. Since the mid-90's,
Terry has had three books of his personal photographs published,
Son of Bob (Little More, 1999), Hysteric Glamour
(Hysteric Glamour, 1996), and most recently
Feared by Men, Desired by Women published 2000 by Guiding Light of Shine Gallery,
London. Taschen has released a book on his complete works.
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Some call it the American obsession, but men everywhere recognize the hypnotic allure of a large and shapely breast. In The Big Book of Breasts, Dian Hanson explores the origins of mammary madness through three decades of natural big-breasted nudes. Starting with the World War II Bosom-Mania that spawned Russ Meyer, Howard Hughes's The Outlaw and Frederick's of Hollywood, Dian guides you over, around, and in between the dangerous curves
of infamous models including Michelle Angelo, Candy Barr, Virginia Bell, Joan Brinkman, Lorraine Burnett, Lisa De Leeuw, Uschi Digard, Candye Kane, Jennie Lee, Sylvia McFarland, Margaret Middleton, Paula Page, June Palmer, Roberta Pedon, Rosina Revelle, Candy Samples, Tempest Storm, Linda West, June Wilkinson, Julie Wills, and dozens more, including Guinness World Record holder Norma Stitz, possessor of the World's Largest Natural Breasts.
The 396 pages of this book contain the most beautiful and provocative photos ever created of these iconic women, plus nine original interviews, including the first with Tempest Storm and Uschi Digard in over a decade, and the last with Candy Barr before her untimely death in 2005. In a world where silicone is now the norm, these spectacular real women stand as testament that nature knows best.
The editor: Dian Hanson is a twenty-five-year veteran of men's magazine publishing. She began her career at Puritan magazine in 1976 and went on to edit a variety of titles, including Partner, Oui, Hooker, Outlaw Biker, and Juggs magazines. In 1987 she took over the '60s title Leg Show and transformed it into the world's best-selling fetish publication. Most recently, she authored TASCHEN's Terryworld, Tom of Finland: The Comic Collection and History of Men's Magazines six-volume set.
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