TIM RICHARDSON MAKES IMAGES ACUTELY ATTUNED TO THEIR TIME. HIS DIVERSE BODY OF WORK FUSES THE EMOTIVE POTENTIAL OF CINEMA WITH THE LATEST IN 3D AND MOTION CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY. RICHARDSON’S AWARD WINNING WORK INCLUDES SHORT FILMS, MUSIC VIDEOS, COMMERCIALS AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
HIS BREAK THROUGH CAMPAIGNS FOR NARS, DIESEL AND NIKE ESTABLISHED RICHARDSON’S DIRECTORIAL VOICE. HE HAS SINCE HELMED CAMPAIGNS FOR CLIENTS INCLUDING COVERGIRL, ARTISTRY, GIVENCHY, LEXUS, AND L’OREAL. RICHARDSON’S UNIQUE APPROACH TO VFX AND LIVE ACTION HAS ALSO LED TO INSTALLATIONS FOR LADY GAGA, LEXUS, VENICE BIENNALE AND PARIS FASHION WEEK.
RICHARDSON’S SHORT FILM WORK HAS BEEN SCREENED AT FESTIVALS INCLUDING MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL, BLOW UP CHICAGO, ONE DOT ZERO, STRASBOURG AND THE VENICE BIENNALE. HIS MOST RECENT MUSIC VIDEO ‘BLACK EXIT’ FOR TRZTN AND PAUL BANKS WAS RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY ON NOWNESS IN OCTOBER 2017. INSPIRED BY H.R. GIGER’S ORGANIC FUTURISM, BLACK EXIT SEES RICHARDSON TAKE THE VIRTUAL BODY TO ITS SENSUAL AND SCULPTURAL LIMITS.
ALONGSIDE HIS FILM WORK, RICHARDSON HAS AN AWARD WINNING PHOTOGRAPHIC CAREER. HIS PICTURES HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY AND ARE IN THE COLLECTIONS OF DEUTSCHE BANK, THE ART GALLERY OF NSW AND THE ESTATE OF SIR ELTON JOHN. MOST RECENTLY HIS WORK WAS EXHIBITED IN THE MODE MUSEUM IN HASSELT BELGIUM. RICHARDSON’S FIRST MONOGRAPH, ‘SPIRITUAL MACHINE,’ WAS PUBLISHED BY PRESTEL FALL OF 2015.
HE CONTRIBUTES TO SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS VOGUE, DAZED & CONFUSED, GQ, V MAGAZINE, AND INTERVIEW. PRINT CAMPAIGNS INCLUDE PROJECTS FOR ESTÉE LAUDER, DIESEL, COVERGIRL AND NIKE. AWARDS INCLUDE BEST PORTRAIT/EDITORIAL BY THE AICP FOR HIS WORK WITH AMERICAN GQ.
RICHARDSON RECENTLY CO-FOUNDED ‘JONNY’. PRINTED AS A LARGE FORMAT POSTER-ZINE, JONNY WILL BE PUBLISHED BIANNUALLY. JONNY IS A NAME DEFINED THROUGHOUT HISTORY AS THE OUTCAST – THE ORIGINAL REBEL. IN JONNY THAT MOST ICONIC OF NAMES AND KNOCKED IT FLAT ON ITS BACK – RE CONTEXTUALIZING THE REBEL ACROSS GENDERS AND CULTURES THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS.