Because I am quite limited in the primary research that I'm able to do, I decided to construct a survay, asking questions to people what they feel Richardson's work is all about, without giving them any information about him. This is so I can gather other initial responses about his work and see what the public thinks. I asked my friend, who considers herself a feminist, what she thought of his photography, to which she replied 'generic'. She thought that his work is basically like every other fashion photographer in that it features a celebrity or a very attractive person wearing very provocative clothing, using the idea of using sex to sell. What I can learn from this is that Richardson's work is very inspirational to other photographer who work in a similar way and to the industry for him to be 'generic'. I then asked one of my tutors what they thought of his work, to which she felt that he plays on people's weakness' in that the majority of his celebrity models are tabloid tragics, people that are often ridiculed by the public. I then asked a fellow student and they raised a point I didn't think of but agree with, through the way he gets his models to pose doing something iconic to him, such as the thumbs up or the glasses, he might be obsessed with his own identity, or it could be a tag or a mark to let people know that it is his work.
I then asked people what the purpose of his photography is to which most people replied it would be a front cover for a magazine maybe vogue or another high end magazine. Some people thought because some of the clear branding in his work, featuring brands such as Supreme, it could be for advertising and commercial work.
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