Terry Richardson is speaking out after being banned from
Condé Nast magazines.
EmI's News can confirm the celebrity photographer—who has shot
some of the most famous photos of Miley Cyrus ,
Beyoncé , Rihanna and many more—is no longer able to work with
fashion mags like Vanity Fair , GQ and Vogue due to
sexual assault allegations that have been aimed at him over the
years.
As reported by the Daily Telegraph and confirmed to us by a
spokesperson for the company, Condé Nast International's
executive vice president and chief operating officer, James
Woolhouse , announced via email on Monday that they have
decided to cut ties with Richardson.
Woolhouse told that company that any work already
commissioned from the celeb photog but not yet published should
be "killed or substituted with other material."
A representative for Richardson released a statement to EmI's
News following the ban, saying: "Terry is disappointed to hear
about this email especially because he has previously addressed
these old stories. He is an artist who has been known for his
sexually explicit work so many of his professional interactions
with subjects were sexual and explicit in nature but all of the
subjects of his work participated consensually."
Sexual assault allegations against Richardson have been
circulating since 2010 and were resurfaced following the Harvey
Weinstein scandal.
However, Richardson has previously spoken out to address the
allegations, denying them entirely.
He opened up for New York magazine and defended his
controversial style of photography, which often features nudity
and sexually explicit content.
"I don't have any regrets about the work at all," he told the
publication when asked if he has ever coerced or pressured models
during shoots. "Obviously I don't ever want someone to feel like
that. It was never my intention. But also, people do things, and
then they have regrets, and that's also nothing to do with me.
Then don't do pictures like that again…I'm okay with myself
about everything, and that to me is the most important thing."
He also wrote an article for the Huffington Post , noting
that he "accepts" how some of his more provocative work
"courts controversy," and thus, as an artist, he "values the
discourse that arises" from it.
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