Bob Richardson

Robert George Richardson (January 3, 1928 – December 5, 2005) was an American fashion photographer.

Richardson developed a reputation for being very difficult to work with. He brought his personal life, which was tumultuous, into his art. He battled with bouts of schizophrenia throughout his life. After making it to the top of the often catty and vicious world of fashion, getting paid up to $15,000 for a single image, he succumbed to his illness and ended up homeless on the streets of San Francisco. In 1989, an art historian researching fashion photography tracked Richardson down living in a flophouse, opening the door to Richardson's reestablishing contact with his son and eventually returning to New York City, where with the help of Richard Avedon and Steven Meisel, he was able to obtain teaching positions at International Center for Photography and the School of Visual Arts. later an actress, was a notable subject for his fashion editorial photography.

Personal life He was the father of photographer Terry Richardson and a daughter. He was bisexual. For four years he lived with actress Anjelica Huston, beginning when he was 41 and she was 17.