Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Bob Richardson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American photographer Bob Richardson.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Bob Richardson

Robert George Richardson was an American fashion photographer. Richardson was born in Long Island, New York, to an Irish Catholic family. Originally a graphic designer in New York City, Richardson did not pick up a camera until age 35. His rise to fashion fame was swift, although not without some battle on his part:

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.

I have always photographed loneliness because that is my life. — © Bob Richardson
I have always photographed loneliness because that is my life.
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.
The basic problem most people have is that they are doing nothing to solve their basic problem.
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