A lot of the point mags are going out of business. They dropped the pay tremendously and it's all because of the internet. I used to go out once a month to LA and shoot for one week. I'd make… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
If I was on the cover of Artforum and my photos were selling for lots of money. If I could be doing that I wouldn't be working for porn mags. But I got to make a living. I shoot for… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
A lot of the point mags are going out of business. They dropped the pay tremendously and it's all because of the internet. I… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
The first time I heard of suicidegirls was when a model from there contacted me to see if I wanted to do a shoot.… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
If I was on the cover of Artforum and my photos were selling for lots of money. If I could be doing that I… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
It's like a visual connection between the girl I'm shooting and me, a bunch of triggers. A lot of girls I'll just shoot once… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
The model is just one element of the photograph. There's also the location, the light - all that junk. It helps if the girl… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
Not for models. SuicideGirls is a mystery to me because I thought only women ran the site. — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
Then I became aware of the site as the traffic for it became higher. The most recent contact was this girl Lily. She wanted… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
What bothers people more than anything is that I'm an old guy taking photos of them. But maybe if you look at the photos,… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
One of the elements of photography is, just by nature, journalistic. It's some kind of documentation. The most successful pictures to me are with… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
I think a lot of times photo sessions is just a test, maybe, for models. Sometimes it's for money. I'm going to shoot a… — Richard Kern Copy Share Image
