terry rivchardswon

1. Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Research of other photographers
work (P1, M1, D1)
Photographer: terry Richardson

3. Terry Richardson uses themes of sexual tension, body art and amateurish
camera technique which make his photographs so popular they adopt a
casual and relaxed manner which is usually quite rare; he also shoots women
a lot in sexually provocative actions he tries to create a fantasy element
within the majority of his pictures.
Personally I think body art ( tattoos and piercings )are the main focus of his
pictures he poses in a few of them himself most are topless and a lot of the
pictures aren’t just plain pictures a lot of them hav e mov ement in.
Composition
A lot of the photographs are shot in a plain studio terry Richardson tries to use plain
backgrounds as to accentuate the colours worn by the people being shot in the
photo they also used editing techniques to either warm up or cool the skin colour so
that the tattoos and piercings really stand out and look more detailed
Most of the pictures are shot directly at the body he sometimes uses just portrait from
the shoulders up or he chooses a full body image
Techniques used
Think shutter speeds, rule of thirds & depth of field

4. Strengths & Weaknesses
I’m like the way he uses eccentric body art and amateur photography to make his
pictures look more like on a phone I like the simple ideas he keeps everything simple
however I think he could use more motion in his picture like some hand movement s or
just different poses