Terry Richardson’s Life Story Episode 1

 

From birth to THE AGE OF FOUR

OLIVIER ZAHM — How did your parents meet?
TERRY RICHARDSON — They met at the Copacabana nightclub in New York. My mom was in a Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie with Dick Van Dyke, but she was also a chorus girl at the Copacabana, dancing a routine. They’d have a comedian, someone would sing, and then girls came out and danced. My dad was there one night with friends, saw her, and started talking to her. I think it was in the early ’60s – ’60 or ’61. 

OLIVIER ZAHM — What’s the story your family passed down – that they fell in love at first sight?
TERRY RICHARDSON — That they started dating, fell in love, and moved right in. It went very fast.

OLIVIER ZAHM — Have you seen a picture of your mother from…