![]() ![]() The campaign was noted for images of young women wearing short skirts with their pubic hair showing. Following the showing, Richardson shot an advertising campaign for fashion designer Katharine Hamnett's spring 1995 collection. His Vibe spread was shown at Paris' International Festival de la Mode later that year. It was in New York City that he had his first "big break." His first published fashion photos appeared in Vibe in 1994. In 1992, Richardson quit music and moved to the East Village neighborhood of New York City, where he began photographing young people partying and other nightlife. Richardson's mother reportedly gave him his first snapshot camera in 1982, which he used to document his life and the punk rock scene in Ojai. He played bass for a variety of other punk bands in Southern California including Signal Street Alcoholics, Doggy Style, Baby Fist and Middle Finger. ![]() He played bass guitar in the punk rock band The Invisible Government for four years. Richardson originally wanted to be a punk rock musician rather than a photographer. He moved with his mother to Ojai, California, where he attended Nordhoff High School, when he was 16. Richardson later moved to the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, where he attended Hollywood High School. Following the divorce of his parents, Richardson moved to Woodstock, New York, with his mother and stepfather, English guitarist Jackie Lomax. Richardson's father was Irish Catholic and his mother is Jewish. Richardson was born in New York City, the son of Norma Kessler, an actress, and Bob Richardson, a fashion photographer who struggled with schizophrenia and drug abuse. ![]()
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