Bob Richardson

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Desta vez Bob Richardson. Com a particularidade de ter sido diagnosticado esquizofrénico aos 21 anos [facto que manteve em segredo durante décadas, e que 'alinhou' com drogas e álcool], Bob Richardson tornou-se um dos fotógrafos mais requisitados na área da moda, apesar de o próprio afirmar [em entrevista à PDN em 1997] que New York não lhe ligava nenhuma:

'People like Liz Tilberis and Anna Wintour should be ashamed of themselves.

Most of the stuff they put out is shit.

New York has definitely succeeded in raising mediocrity to an art form. It's ridiculous. In Europe I'm considered a genius; in New York I'm nobody'.

Fica a sua obra e, também na fotografia, o seu filho Terry Richardson.

Rest in Peace.

'That's another lie. People aren't moral. You know when I was a little boy - my father gave me a dictionary - probably the best thing I ever got for Christmas. It was a huge dictionary that was printed in England and it had a red morocco leather cover.

PS - 'That's another lie. People aren't moral. You know when I was a little boy - my father gave me a dictionary ... The first word I looked up in the dictionary was 'hypocrisy' because I knew that I was surrounded by it. I had heard the word in school and I came home and something told me to look it up and under H there it was -hypocrisy. And I was right - I was surrounded by it. There is no 'morality' in this world. But I'm a very moral person because I was trained by my parents to try to be civilized. Don't be a Neanderthal, don't be a monster. Don't hurt people, fight to defend yourself - but don't hurt people. So to me that's all a civilized person is and it wasn't to do with education or anything else - it's instinct'