Bob Richardson (photographer)
{{short description|American photographer (1928–2005)}}
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| image =
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| name = Bob Richardson
| birth_name = Robert George Richardson
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.{{cite magazine|title=Second Act|first=Stephen|last=Fenichell|date=July 1993|magazine=American Photo|pages=37, 92}}
| birth_date = {{birth-date|January 3, 1928}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/arts/12richardson.html | title = Bob Richardson, 77, Who Energized Fashion Photography, Dies | newspaper =The New York Times | last1 = Horyn | first1 = Cathy | author-link1 = Cathy Horyn | date = December 12, 2005}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|December 5, 2005|January 3, 1928}}
| occupation = Fashion photographer
| children = 2, including Terry Richardson
}}
Robert George Richardson (January 3, 1928 – December 5, 2005) was an American fashion photographer.
Richardson was born in Brooklyn to an Irish Catholic family. Originally a graphic designer in New York City, Richardson did not pick up a camera until age 35.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} His rise to fashion fame was swift, although not without some battle on his part:
{{cquote|I wanted to put reality in my photographs. Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. That's what was happening. And I was going to help make it happen. Boy they did not want that in America. Some of those editors were still wearing white gloves to couture.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/04/10/exposure-3 | last1 = Sischy | first1 = Ingrid | author-link1 = Ingrid Sischy | date = April 3, 1995 | issue = April 10, 1995 | page = 44 | title = Exposure | magazine = The New Yorker }}}}
Richardson developed a reputation for being very difficult to work with. He brought his personal life, which was tumultuous, into his art. He battled with bouts of schizophrenia throughout his life. After making it to the top of the often catty and vicious world of fashion, getting paid up to $15,000 for a single image, he succumbed to his illness and ended up homeless on the streets of San Francisco. In 1989, an art historian researching fashion photography tracked Richardson down living in a flophouse, opening the door to Richardson's reestablishing contact with his son and eventually returning to New York City, where with the help of Richard Avedon and Steven Meisel, he was able to obtain teaching positions at International Center for Photography and the School of Visual Arts. Richardson restarted his career in his sixties, once again working for such magazines as Italian Vogue and British GQ.
Subjects
{{anchor|Donna Mitchell}}Donna Mitchell, a Ford model,{{cite news |title=Modest modeling guru Eileen Ford lost out to fashion’s sexification |url=https://nypost.com/2014/07/13/modest-modeling-guru-eileen-ford-lost-out-to-fashions-sexification/ |access-date=28 October 2023 |work=nypost.com |date=13 July 2014}} later an actress,{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Death by Design |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1996/09/montana199609 |access-date=28 October 2023 |work=Vanity Fair magazine|date=6 January 2009}} was a notable subject{{cite web |title=Top Models of the 60s |url=https://didyouknowfashion.com/top-models-of-the-60s/ |website=didyouknowfashion.com {{!}} Did You Know Fashion |access-date=28 October 2023 |date=18 March 2016}} for his fashion editorial photography.
- {{AFI person | 210950-Donna-Mitchell | Donna Mitchell }}
- {{cite web |title=Mitchell, Donna |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/mitchell-donna |website=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=28 October 2023}}
- {{cite web |title=Donna Mitchell |url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=12132 |website=Aveleyman |access-date=28 October 2023}}
- {{TV Guide person | id= 3000251802 | name= Donna Mitchell }}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes person | id= donna-mitchell | name= Donna Mitchell }}
- {{TCMDb name | id= 132962%7C0/ | name= Donna Mitchell }}
- {{cite news |last1=Horyn |first1=Cathy |title=Bob Richardson, 77, Who Energized Fashion Photography, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/arts/bob-richardson-77-who-energized-fashion-photography-dies.html |access-date=28 October 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 December 2005}}
- {{cite news |title=Fashion Photographer Bob Richardson Dies |url=https://vmsd.com/fashion-photographer-bob-richardson-dies/ |access-date=28 October 2023 |work=Visual Merchandising and Store Design |date=16 December 2005}}
- {{cite web |title=Donna Mitchell |url=https://iconicfocus.com/portfolio/donna-mitchell/ |website=Iconic Focus |access-date=28 October 2023 |quote=Modeling Agency in New York and Los Angeles for 30 to 90+ Year Old Models}}
- {{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Georgia |title=The Life of Fashion Photographer Bob Richardson |url=https://irvrsbl.com/en-us/blogs/news/bob-richardson |website=irvrsbl |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=en}}
- {{cite news |last1=Eisner |first1=Lisa |last2=Alonso |first2=Román |title=The Trouble With Bob |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/magazine/the-trouble-with-bob.html |access-date=28 October 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 February 2006 |quote=And we'd seen his well-known photo of Donna Mitchell, the one with a tear rolling down her cheek.}}
- {{cite web |title=Donna Mitchell |url=https://www.bellazon.com/main/topic/26216-donna-mitchell/ |website=Bellazon |access-date=28 October 2023 |date=16 December 2009}}
- {{cite web |title=Donna Mitchell in Vogue UK |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/magazines/vogue-uk/editorials/october-1967/donna-mitchell-48566/ |website=Fashion Model Directory .com |access-date=28 October 2023}}
- {{cite news |last1=Muschamp |first1=Herbert |title=Fashion Stills |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/12/magazine/fashion-stills.html |access-date=28 October 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 September 2004}}
Personal life
He was the father of photographer Terry Richardson and a daughter. For four years he lived with actress Anjelica Huston, beginning when he was 41 and she was 17.
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