Damn You, Terry Richardson! Damn You to Hell!

by Robert Koehler on May 18, 2009

Photographer Terry Richardson (see interview Guardian here, some of his more, ahem, controversial stuff here) got to shoot actress and Marmot’s Hole favorite Kim Hye-su for the June issue of Arena.

Granted, that’s veritable Disney-levels of nochul for Richardson, but it’s good enough for me.

Here’s the dirty old bastard with Hye-su, who’s apparently a fan of Richardson’s stuff. Wipe that sinister smile off your face, Terry!

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1 Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) May 18, 2009 at 9:35 pm

Terry Richardson makes those photography classes look more interesting, that’s for sure.

2 Benicio74 May 18, 2009 at 10:07 pm

I checked out the NSFW pictures from his photo book. Absolutely WTF?The difference between art & pornography?
That is definitely porn disguised as “art”!
Kim Hye Su has always been my favorite in Korea.
She is a “fan” of Terry Richardson’s work?
Please say he didn’t talk her into blowing him and getting plowed for “artistic photos”!
Please! “Say it ain’t so, Joe”!

3 gbnhj May 18, 2009 at 10:18 pm

Really would’ve appreciated some warning about those images.

4 foflappy May 18, 2009 at 10:30 pm

I love her….I really, truly love looking at her. She is beautiful.

However, I fail to see the magic of his 2 photos of her. Blah. Big deal….I’m happy with the 30 seconds I saw her at a dpt. store.

His naughty pics….well…ok. Blah. BJ’s and slash. Go to the hun and find better.

5 CactusMcHarris May 18, 2009 at 10:31 pm

Yes, it’s art – the same way those sharks preserved in formaldehyde are.

6 Benicio74 May 18, 2009 at 10:35 pm

Exactly- crap photos of him getting blown and plowing girls fool enough to “pose” for him!

Is his “talent” just being able to talk girls into doing this?

7 bumfromkorea May 18, 2009 at 10:44 pm

Well, one way or the other, he sure is a genius. ;-)

8 JW May 18, 2009 at 10:46 pm

Hey, can I pull out the Terry Richardson card whenever someone here says that Korea is fucked up? Can I Can I Can I? :-)

9 Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) May 18, 2009 at 11:45 pm

I would say his genius lies in being able to engage in whatsoever outré behavior he wants, while at the same time being welcomed in polite society and earning a good living as a portrait photographer. I’d grown up thinking his sort of thing got you kicked out! Check out the photo of Terry Richardson grinning and sharing a thumbs-up with the perpetually grinning Barack Obama. (Is there no loathsome character this guy Obama won’t embrace?) Two narcissists recognizing each other’s genius, I’d say.

10 Benicio74 May 18, 2009 at 11:47 pm

I would say you are onto something there!

11 CactusMcHarris May 19, 2009 at 12:31 am

#9 Brendon,

Yes, I’d say that you won’t see him embracing the loathsome Mr. Limbaugh any time soon.

12 Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) May 19, 2009 at 12:34 am

Touché. Rush Limbaugh is loathsome.

13 SomeguyinKorea May 19, 2009 at 1:15 am

“Ceci n’est pas une pipe.”
Remember?
It’s not porn, it’s only a representation of it.
So, when is porn not art and art porn?
“I know it when I see it”, right?
http://film.guardian.co.uk/quiz/questions/0,,1196044,00.html

14 Won Joon Choe May 19, 2009 at 1:39 am

Hyesoo is too big for my taste. I like them dainty and frail-looking.

15 t_song May 19, 2009 at 2:03 am

Isn’t Hyesoo in her 40s? I’ve seen some quite hideous photos of Hyesoo, but no doubt back in her day, she was the Pamela Anderson/Carmen Electra, etc. of Korea.

16 Won Joon Choe May 19, 2009 at 2:12 am

t_song at # 15:

Hyesoo is 38. So not quite 40 yet. Yes, she’s aged, but I never thought she was all that hot even in her prime 20s.

17 WangKon936 May 19, 2009 at 2:32 am

Well, the biggest draw for me is that Kim Hye Soo has big boobs and fat lips… and you all know what fat lips are good for… other than singing…

18 Won Joon Choe May 19, 2009 at 2:34 am

WangKon 936, at #17:

I don’t understand the physiological aspect of it? How does lip size help? :(

Or did you mean the size of the mouth?

19 WangKon936 May 19, 2009 at 3:19 am

WJC,

Just use your imagination. You are not sterile like wjk, right?

20 Sonagi May 19, 2009 at 5:30 am

Were those sample images from his book? Who the hell would pay to look at photos of plain women blowing some flabby ugly tattooed guy. Call me old-fashioned, but if I’m going to view porn artistic nudity, I want to see attractive faces and attractive bodies.

21 Sonagi May 19, 2009 at 8:14 am

Granted, that’s veritable Disney-levels of nuchul for Richardson, but it’s good enough for me.

Nuchul (누출) ? I didn’t see anybody getting urinated on in any of the pics. I think you meant nochul (노출).

22 SomeguyinKorea May 19, 2009 at 8:29 am

“Call me old-fashioned…”

Good choice of words. Those pictures will only shock those who have never really paid attention to the art world (I’m sure that was one of the intents behind producing that series). The artists I know grew out of taking pictures of themselves receiving and giving head when they finished art school.

23 SomeguyinKorea May 19, 2009 at 8:36 am

“Isn’t Hyesoo in her 40s?”

So?

24 t_song May 19, 2009 at 9:53 pm

Run a Naver image search of 김혜수 and check out the variety of photos. Some, from straight-on, she looks OK, but others she definitely looks like a pure ajumma.

25 t_song May 19, 2009 at 9:54 pm

Whoa–누출 means to urinate on someone? Sonagi누님 how do you know that?

26 SomeguyinKorea May 19, 2009 at 10:34 pm

t_song,

She simply looks better than most 18 year-olds (I won’t even bother with the sexual peak/MILF argument).

Women seem to get it.

George Clooney is over 40, so is Brad Pitt. Tell any woman, from 20 to 50 year-olds, that these two aren’t hot and see what happens (make sure to protect your groin).

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