Terry Richardson has been banned for publication by all Condé Nast magazine

[hpmcmill 2,004]

I love Gaga so much. She’s amazing. However, I’ll never understand how she could work with Terry Richardson and R Kelly on projects that were officially released, then go onto Till it Happens to You, etc. and speak about it at press events, etc. I know she is a victim too so I want to be sensitive in saying this. I just wish anything to do with Terry Richardson and R Kelly never happened. But ultimately, it’s a small blip in her incredible career.

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Notorious celebrity and fashion photographer Terry Richardson has been banned from working with any magazines under the Condé Nast International umbrella.

Condé Nast U.S. operates independently of the international group and has not worked with Richardson for years. "Condé Nast has nothing planned with him going forward," a U.S. spokesperson said Tuesday.

In a leaked memo obtained by the Telegraph, an executive with the overseas media group -- which publishes international editions of Vogue, GQ and Vanity Fair, among others -- told key staff that Richardson shoots already commissioned or those that have been completed but not published "should be killed and substituted with other material." 

Richardson, whom Britain's Sunday Times called "the Harvey Weinstein of fashion," has a reputation for sexual content in much of his work. He has teamed with the likes of Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Beyoncé and Kate Upton.

Over the years, a number of less-famous models have gone on the record with various media outlets to allege Richardson's sexual misconduct during shoots and elsewhere.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-terry-richardson-conde-nast-1508856753-htmlstory.html

This week, an unexpected thing happened: the fashion industry seemed to grow a soul. In an email that leaked Monday, executive vice-president James Woodhouse instructed his staff at Condé Nast International that the company would no longer be working with “controversial” fashion photographer Terry Richardson. (Condé Nast US, a separate entity, severed ties with Richardson some years ago; he hasn’t shot for American Vogue since 2010.)

“Condé Nast would like to no longer work with the photographer Terry Richardson,” Woodhouse wrote. “Any shoots that have been commission[ed] or any shoots that have been completed but not yet published, should be killed and substituted with other material.”

Shortly thereafter, major fashion brands Valentino and Bulgari announced they, too, would like to no longer work with Richardson. More names are likely to follow. Of course, this didn’t happen in a vacuum.

The press coverage around Harvey Weinstein’s decades-long rampage of alleged sexual assault and coercion from his high perch in Hollywood has put a renewed spotlight on men who use their power and influence to violate people’s – often young women’s – boundaries and intimidate them into staying quiet.

 Fashion must now move on from female exploitation – and Terry Richardson

It’s put pressure on pretty much every industry to stop enabling these men’s misdeeds … either by straight up collaboration, or more often, by looking the other way because they generate revenue. It seems the potential liabilities of associating one’s brand with a powerful abuser’s are finally starting to outweigh the benefits.

As the person who first spoke publicly about a negative encounter with Richardson in 2010 after six years of embarrassed silence, I’m pleased that European magazines and luxury brands – two spaces not exactly known for their progressive gender politics – are finally moving to dissociate themselves from the infamous creep. (I’d say “alleged creep,” but Richardson has never disputed what happens in his studio, only whether or not meaningful consent is given for it.)

While he’s been shamed out of most women’s magazines in the US, he’s continued to make a luxurious living in advertising, and I was starting to wonder if Richardson would ever see any material consequences for his actions. I am more sure now than I used to be that he will.

Of course, I’m not naive enough to think these brands suddenly care about the human rights of models. After all, seven years have passed since I spoke out. It should not have taken this long.

But I’ve never looked to captains of industry – let alone one as out of touch and regressive as fashion – to save us. Indeed, the gradual fall of Richardson’s star is a testament to the power of the enlightened masses to impose change from the ground up.

It was never my goal to see Richardson’s career destroyed. In telling my story, all I wanted was for him to re-evaluate his behavior and, most importantly, change it. (I also wanted to warn my fellow women, although the onus to stop harassment should not be on us.)

Even if he were as clueless as he pretends to be about how coercion works, a decent human being would, upon discovering his “collaborators” were coming away with signs of PTSD, ask what he could do differently that might prevent these negative outcomes. He would not go on defensive tirades about how art is meant to be challenging, or how everyone involved was operating on fully informed, affirmative consent.

Unfortunately, Richardson has made it clear he’s not interested in having this conversation. Given that, we have only one choice: to exert whatever limited power we have to get people like him out of positions where they can do harm. For me, that power turned out to be my voice. I’ll probably have to use it for the rest of my life, but it will be a nice surprise if I can stop sooner.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/25/terry-richardson-vogue-conde-nast-international

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It makes me quite sick to see that behind the memorable images we got was a disgusting man.

My heart is with all the victims named and unnamed. 

[Edonis 28,950]

Good. Hope more bad karma comes his way. Hopefully some legal action as well. Swine.

[Sister 9,907]

 I wholeheartedly approve and support this action and only wish that it had come sooner.

[LaLuna 12,732]

BRB burning my Gaga x Terry book 

[rumours 45,521]

He’s a creep. Katy’s right when she says that karma keeps receipts. 

 

 

[Sneaky Oliver 22,221]

10 minutes ago, Scathach said:

BRB burning my Gaga x Terry book 

I still wanna buy it though 

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Finally

[LaLuna 12,732]

5 minutes ago, Sneaky Oliver said:

I still wanna buy it though 

Oh I bet, the pictures are beautiful. Such a shame they were taken by that perv. 

[Trepadation 5,566]

9 minutes ago, Sneaky Oliver said:

I still wanna buy it though 

It's a great read 

[PoshLife 16,998]

LOVE IT

[Poissonche 12,365]

I really love how many sexual abusers are getting the **** they deserve as of now. THAT'S WHAT SHE DESERVES.GIF MOTHER****ERS.

Thank you for listening.

[River 117,340]

Sorry but they published a lot of his sexual photos without a problem and probably requested them and planned them but only because his actions are exposed now they are running away? they are the blame as much as him.

Do you really think they are treating the models in a nice way and not sexual harassing them every single day? those fashion magazines created bulimia and anorexia, treating models like a piece of meat and doing with them whatever they want because they have the power to do so.. it's kinda obvious that many models were forced to pose naked.

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

I honestly feel Gaga saw a more "creepy" side of when he directed the DWUW video and saw he has a sick rape fantasy and world havent heard or seen them together again

No Terry XX Gaga

ARTPOP Documentary

DWUW video

Etc