Terry Richardson: A Real American Hero

Dude get's a lot of flack (from prudes).   In the short run, he won't go down in history as a Picasso, Michaelango, or Warhol, but the reason he gets my respect is he represents what it means to be a free American.
How many people can say they can do what Richardson does: taking candid pictures of exotic places, affluent culture, naked women, all the while making a living and getting into the history books?  Not many.  Some argue he's a hack and merely makes it because he is the son of a photographer.  If that were the case, he sure has a highly stylized and distinctive portfolio of work.  Isn't that the goal of any artist?

How can you hate this guy:

http://fuckyeahterryrichardson.tumblr.com/post/128963932

The guy looks like an "average joe" living the "high life".  That's something we "average joes" positively could look to for inspiration.  If the illusion is unattainable, at the least this guy provides a window into the culture.  How do the ending words of the film The Prestige go:  "Of course, you don't really want to know (how it works)... you want to be fooled."