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There is never a dull

moment on Terry

Richardson’s Instagram

feed. The famous

fashion and portrait

photographer regularly

posts his trademark

photographs with

famous celebrities.

Follow his fast-

paced life at @terry

richardsonstudio.

app. “I remember being taken aback not by

the image qualit y but by its artistic qualit y.

That was when I realised what a powerful

tool an iPhone could be,” he says.

Setting Base

Since then, David has grown exponentially—

stylistically and as a photographer as well.

But it took him time to find his foothold.

His early Instagram work—a mix of colour

and B&W, is a testament to this. It is also

quite interesting to look at, considering that

he now mainly shoots in B&W.

He then talks about the importance of

good lighting in his work. “If there isn’t

“i cannot possibly
pick one favourite
or memorable
photograph from
the ones that i shot.
i have many that
i like, but at the
same time i tend to
get sick of my photos
very quickly, and tire
of looking at them.
i’m not the type of
person who hangs
his own work on his
wall, i’d rather look
at someone else’s.”

he prefers that his

photographs not tell a

specific story, so that

the viewer can fill in

he blanks and come to

their own conclusions.

Snapseed is one of the

foremost apps that

he uses to edit his

photographs. “it does

almost everything

i need, as far as

basic editing goes—

cropping, dodging,

burning, vignetting,

and so on.”

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