Terryworld (Photo Books S.) [Hardcover]

Dian Hanson (Editor), Terry Richardson (Photographer)

Book Description

Series: Photo Books S. | Publication Date: October 19, 2004

Edgy and intriguing, this collection is compiled by fashion photographer Terry Richardson who has also photographed porn stars, transsexuals, hillbillies, friends, pets, and celebrities, as well as himself. His work projects a world where taboos are null and void, and fashion finds sex a perfect fit. 3-8228-2255-8$59.99 / Taschen America LLC

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Includes over 70 new photographs not featured in the original edition --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Dian Hanson is TASCHEN's sexy book editor. As a 25-year veteran of men's magazine publishing, she edited titles including Puritan, Oui, Outlaw Biker, Juggs, and Leg Show. Her many books for TASCHEN include Vanessa del Rio: 50 Years of Slightly Slutty Behavior and R. Crumb's Sex Obsessions. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Taschen (October 19, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3822822558
• ISBN-13: 978-3822822555
• Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 10.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,662,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terror-World!, July 8, 2008

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Scott Coblio "kookoo guy" (West Hollywood, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Terryworld (Taschen 25th Anniversary) (German Edition) (Hardcover)

Terry's world might be, hell, it's MEANT to be a little scary for alot of people! Not in the sense of depicting violence or even real depravity but rather in the near-apocalypitc vulgarity with which it depicts post modern-hedonism, where sexual pleasure is about as idealized as a Tijuana donkey-show.

A man, laying half-passed-out on a bed, is seen puking, Terry (who appears in many of his own photos) pulls a tampon string out of a woman's vagina with his teeth, a guy pisses into his own mouth--you get the picture. It's a garbage-world where all the turn-ons are trashy. It is strangely arousing inspite of the yuck factor, but whether that's because it's sexy or because I'm just so jaded I'm happy for anything that can jolt and shock my deadened nerves, is up for debate!

Jolts and shocks are what Terryworld is all about. Terryworld is to erotica what Hustler was to Playboy. It's flat-out raunch,but with a fashion photographer's sensibility, which is to say that it does have some artistic merit beyond its novelty value, calling to mind the "provacateur" advertising campaigns of recent years, of which Terry himself has often played a part. His situation-heavy portraits are Tarantino-like movie stills from a movie I'm not sure I want to see.

Which brings me to my point; In the end, after all the money's come in, all the heads have turned and all the word-of-mouth has been exhausted, what is the final value of shock?

Remember when you were fourteen and looking at your stolen copy of Hustler, you felt kind of sick at the end of the ride. Your heart rate increased as you turned each page, your curiosity peaked to see the next lurid spectacle, you flipped faster and faster until finally it was over, you'd seen the whole thing--More, in fact, than your mind was capable of processing in one sitting. You were late for dinner, had a pressure headache, and a faint desire to go to church.

Welcome to Terryworld.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed it., August 31, 2010

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This review is from: Terryworld (Taschen 25th Anniversary) (German Edition) (Hardcover)

when I read the reviews, Some said that they were disgusted and repulsed by the imaged in the book. I thought that it is a great book. I had some laughs while looking through it. It's not a book to leave on your coffee table when all your family is coming for Christmas dinner but we all have the one dad or brother that we can be like "DUDE, check this out!"90% of images include genitalia (That's a heads-up). I totally recommend this book if you're into creative, nude,erotic or shocking photography. Just get the book... You have nothing to lose (well, $[...] bucks.... You'll spend that at taco bell anyway)

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sex sells!, December 30, 2010

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J. Gyorke "Janos" (Atlanta, GA - USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Terryworld (Taschen 25th Anniversary) (German Edition) (Hardcover)

I am a fan of Terry Richardson, his work is very simple when it comes to the world of photography. His work does not have all that high-tech lighting, it is all very natural; like 80's polaroids. Terry shoots things as he sees them and while turning pages in Terryworld, you can visualize what he does daily, the man sure parties hard and has a lot of fun. It's definitely not every day that you see a photographer getting a BJ in his own book.

This is a great book if you have a open mind and like au natural and do not take offensive to pornographic imagery. However, if your a prude and do not like sexual content, stay away from this book. This book is NC-17!