Terry RICHARDSON - Kibosh - 2004

Kibosh Terry Richardson 2004


Hardcover and clothbound book of 320 pages, protected in a black PVC pouch and presented in a black raw cardboard box. Text in English.
First edition of DAMIANI BOLOGNE in 2004.
Book size: 33.5 × 24.5 × 3.5 cm
Packaging dimensions: 39.5 × 27.5 × 4 cm
Book in good condition; the outer binding shows signs of wear from rubbing (see photos)
A book produced in a small print run and now highly sought after.

Kibosh is the most important book of my career. It is the work of my life. Since the age of 16, when I began photographing for pleasure, then as a profession, I have always considered Kibosh as the summary of my career. Kibosh is my book, the most intimate part of myself as a photographer. I believe that the sentence “I would never ask someone to do something I wouldn’t do myself,” drawn from the introduction of this book, shows the deep respect I have for the people who collaborated in the making of this work, which is so important to me. For the realization of Kibosh, I stopped working and dedicated myself fully, for months, to gathering the photos and planning the layout (). Telling one's story through images is something that takes time, a lot of time, maybe a lifetime, and that is what Kibosh is. It is with these words that Terry Richardson summarized the meaning of his work: giving an image to pleasure. Indeed, all the protagonists in his photos have fun and enjoy life.

Even in fashion advertising campaigns, though more sober, all sensations shine through in the images. Each Terry Richardson photograph exudes a strong, tangible taste for the pleasures of life. After photographing daily life in a bold and unembarrassed way, having photographed himself, as well as the biker gangs, the punk and metal groups with which he grew up, Terry Richardson began his rise in the 1990s with a series of exhibitions organized in international art galleries as well as collaborations with famous fashion magazines such as i-D, Dazed and Confused, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Richardson has created campaigns for many famous fashion brands (YSL, Gucci, Levi's, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger, Prada, etc.) and, in 1997, he began a collaboration with the Italian brand Sisley by creating one of the most transgressive and most talked-about campaigns ever seen in Italy.