Pussy Riot is avoiding Terry Richardson like plague
Pussy Riot Member Apologizes For Terry Richardson Photo Shoot
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova the hot one from Pussy Riot, seen here in a political porno while 9 months pregnant. The Russians upset the world when they gave a hottie a harsh prison sentence …. that is so ghey.
Pussy Riotās Nadya Tolokonnikova told usĀ that visiting Terry Richardsonās studio for a recent photo shoot was ādumb,ā expressing regret that she didnāt know beforehand about Richardsonās allegedly predatory past.
Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the Russian feminist activists who was jailed in 2012 for protesting Putin as a member of Pussy Riot, is backtracking on her photo shoot with Terry Richardson, saying she was unaware of his past when she and her husband agreed to be photographed.
Images of Tolokonnikovaāalong with Maria Alyokhina, the most internationally recognizable member of Pussy Riotāappeared on Richardsonās website, featuring the activist fully clothed and posing in various wacky dance formations.
In a few of the photographs, Tolokonnikovaās husband Pyotr (above right) joined her, and the effect is that of two adults happy and clowning aroundāthankfully, nothing like Richardsonās signature, creepy-male-gaze flicks of women in various states of undress, other than his stereotypical high-contrast, overlit background. But when confronted about her decision to pose for Richardson after posting the photos on Facebook, she said she was unaware about his past accusations of sexual assault and intimidation, according to Death and Taxes. (The Facebook post now appears to have been deleted from Tolokonnikovaās page.)
Tolokonnikova initially wrote (via Google translate via Death and Taxes):
I met with Terry Richardson and now found out that it is not in vain it is appreciated ā it really was one of the most powerful of photographers with whom I in my tender age of twenty-five have met. Terry listens to Dead Kennedys, while shooting Holiday In Cambodia played.
Later, after her followers began confronting her about Richardsonās allegations of being a sexually abusive pervert, she backtracked, saying she ādidnāt know about Terry Richardsonās sinsā:
āVisiting guests [were] invited to be photographedāI did it. Try not to miss opportunities to learn from the experience of professionals, somehow.ā
Itās pretty likely Tolokonnikova didnāt know about Richardsonās pastāshe speaks very little English, for one, and even though Richardson still manages to land campaigns for global brands, his allegedly predatory nature seems to be an open secret the fashion industry overlooks time and again. (Just yesterday, Lady Gaga posted a photo of herself and Richardson with the caption āMe and my buddy!ā A host of cognizant fans left disapproving comments, pointing to their disappointment that she continues to engage with and cosign the photographer.)
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Eerie orgy in the Biological Museum. February 29, 2008 New action art group War.
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But still, one wonders who āinvitedā Tolokonnikova, and where; more particularly, why her PR or whomever may have been guiding her through this most recent press tour didnāt happen to mention that a shoot with Terry Richardson would cast a shadow on her very righteous efforts. He may indeed be powerfulābut the unwillingness of his employers and peers to speak up is the reason he remains that way.
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