Terry Richardson’s Life Story

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Terry Richardson in Hollywood at age 9, 1974, photo Annie Lomax

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM

TERRY RICHARDSON’S LIFE STORY

EPISODE 3

Age TEN
to FOURTEEN

OLIVIER ZAHM — The last time we spoke you began telling me about your mother’s violent accident.
TERRY RICHARDSON — Yes. It happened in Hollywood. I was waiting for her to pick me up after a therapy session. But she was in a horrible car accident and never showed up. She was in a coma for a month and suffered permanent brain damage. I always felt weird about it even though it wasn’t my fault.

OLIVIER ZAHM — You felt guilty?
TERRY RICHARDSON — Absolutely. I was only a mile or so from home and I could have walked. I waited for about three hours and I had a really bad feeling, thinking something awful had happened….