Terry Richardson’s Life Story

Terry Richardson playing bass in his band SSA in Erik’s backyard in Ojai, California, 1982

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM 

episode 4

Age FOURTEEN to EIGHTEEN

OLIVIER ZAHM — Here we go — the fourth episode of our interview: The teenage years, 14 through 18!
TERRY RICHARDSON — All right! The teenage years — lucky for some, unlucky for others.

OLIVIER ZAHM – Were you still living in LA?
TERRY RICHARDSON – Yes, in the same apartment building, The Villa Valentino, on Highland, three or four blocks up from Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

OLIVIER ZAHM – And your mother was still recovering from her car accident, right?
TERRY RICHARDSON – Yes. I mean, I was nine when she had the accident. She had only partially recovered. She could walk with a cane, but because of the brain damage she was never going…