Posted October 2, 200816 yr Herb RittsHerbert Ritts (August 13, 1952 in Los Angeles, California – December 26, 2002 in Los Angeles) was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits in the style of classical Greek sculpture. Consequently some of his more famous pieces are of male and female nudes in what can be called glamour photography.BiographyCelebrity/Fashion Photographer. Born in to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California, Ritts began his career working in the family furniture business. After awhile he moved to the East Coast and attended Bard College in New York, where he majored in economics and art history. Later he became interested in photography, when by chance he met a young man in a gas station and decided to photograph him. The young man would later become actor, Richard Gere. The picture gained Ritts some coverage and he began to be more serious about photography. He later photographed notables such as, Christopher Reeve, Dalai Lama, Elizabeth Taylor, Ronald Reagan, Steven Hawking, Edward Norton, Madonna, Dizzy Gillespie, Annette Benning, Cindy Crawford, and many others. He worked for the magazines, Interview, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Vogue, Vanity Fair and Elle. He published many books on photography for leading fashion designers including, Giorgio Armani, Revlon, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Gianni Versace and Calvin Klein. From 1996 to 1997 some of his work was displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, attracting more then 253,000 people to the exibit. In 1991 he won two MTV Video Awards for his work on music videos by Janet Jackson and Chris Isaak. Ritts also worked on other projects including directing and acting, Mariah #1's (1999), Janet Jackson: Design Of A Decade 1986-1996 (1996), Intimate Portrait: Cindy Crawford (1998) and Murder in the First (1995). Ritts was considered to be a leading celebrity photographer of the 1980s and 1990s. He died in 2002 as a result of AIDS.CommercialHerb Ritts Commercial: chronology1988: Parco "Quarttro" with Tatjana Patitz 1990: Rochas "Femme" "Globe" 1990: Lancôme "Rouge Absolut" with Isabella Rossellini 1991: Calvin Klein Escape "Water Ski" "Horse" "Pool" "Sailboat" with Shana Zadrick 1991: NEC with Ryuichi Sakamoto 1992: Levi's Loose Fit Jeans "Wind" "Earth" "Water" "Movement" "Light" "Shorts" "Wave" "Parachute" "Fire" "Premiere" "Sunny Beach" "Collage" "Co-op Land" "Co-op All Star" 1992: Levi's Loose Fit Jeans "Flag" "Stone Wheel" "Red Stripes" "Poles" "Pyramids" "Climbers" "Fort Window" "Big Ball" "Nadege’s Shorts" "Winter Shorts" "Loose Fit Ninety" 1992: Levi's Dockers "Grey" "Green" "Tan" "Brown" "Blue" "Black" "Green Shorts" "Tan Shorts" "Blue Shorts" 1992: Guess Perfume "Café - Women" "Cafe - Men’s" with Claudia Schiffer 1992: Calvin Klein "Marky Mark" with Mark Wahlberg and Kate Moss 1992: Revlon "Charlie" with Cindy Crawford and Little Richard 1993: Brut "Aquatonic A" with Helena Christensen 1993: Guy Laroche "Horizon" with Beri Smither 1993: Paul Mitchell "Seasons" "Earth" with Eloise DeJoria 1993: Vittel Water "Living Sculpture" with Beri Smither 1993: Acura "NSX - Handmade" "Comfort" "Quality" "Premium" 1994: Revlon Flex "Lighten Up" with Claudia Schiffer 1994: Revlon "Kiss Proof" with Cindy Crawford 1994: Revlon "Defy It" with Melanie Griffith 1994: Donna Karan "DKNY Men" with Peter Fortier 1994: Chanel "Allure" with Karen, Leticia, Linda, Irene, Jamie, Basia, Nadege, Emma 1994: Paul Mitchell "Desert" with Eloise DeJoria 1994: Cartier "Pasha" with Lara Harris, Tatjana Patitz. 1995: Häagen-Dazs "Shall We" with Tatjana Patitz 1995: Elizabeth Arden "Black Pearls" with Elizabeth Taylor 1995: CoverGirl "True Advance" with Helena Christensen 1996: Revlon "Won’t Fade Away" with Cindy Crawford 1996: Victoria's Secret with Helena Christensen, Dennis Rodman, Vendela, Katey Segal, Salt-n-Pepa, Naomi Campbell 1997: Victoria's Secret with Helena Christensen 1997: Revlon Ultima "That’s The Ultimate" with Kim Delaney 1997: Victoria's Secret "Angels" with Tyra Banks, Stephanie Seymour, Karen Mulder, Helena Christensen, Daniela Pestova, Tom Jones 1998: Revlon "Liquid Sexy" with Shania Twain 1998: Chanel "Allure" Kiara, Chandra North, Mackie, Beri Smither, Tara Westwood, Meilan, Elisabet Davidsdottir, Daniela Pestova, Shirley Mallman 1998: Elizabeth Arden "White Pearls" with Burt Reynolds 1998: Revlon Ultima II "Beauty is as Beauty Does" "Wisdom" with Cybill Shepherd 1998: Revlon "Wake-Up" with Halle Berry 1999: Maybelline "Triple Volume" with Christy Turlington 1999: Eau De Rochas "Man and Woman" Manon von Gerkan 1999: Vidal Sassoon "Vidal" "Follower vs. Leader" "Standard Vs. State of the Arts" "Art vs. Science" with Vidal Sassoon 1999: Revlon "Looks That Last" with Shania Twain, Cindy Crawford 1999: Maybelline "Mascara Love" with Sarah Michelle Gellar 2000: Elizabeth Arden "White Diamonds" with Elizabeth Taylor 2001: Estée Lauder "Advance Night Repair" with Carolyn Murphy 2001: Elizabeth Taylor "United for America" Public Service Announcement 2001: Revlon "Choices" with Halle Berry 2001: Maybelline "Wet Shine Nails" with Sarah Michelle Gellar 2002: Victoria's Secret "New Angels" with Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio 2002: Victoria's Secret "Sexy Support" with Tyra Banks 2002: Estée Lauder "Beautiful" "Pleasures" "Intense" with Carolyn Murphy 2002: Elizabeth Arden/House Of Taylor "Cinema" with Elizabeth Taylor Music VideosHerb Ritts Music Videos: chronology1989: Madonna - "Cherish" 1990: Janet Jackson - "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" with Antonio Sabato Jr. and Djimon Hounsou 1991: Chris Isaak - "Wicked Game" (version 2) with Helena Christensen 1992: Michael Jackson - "In The Closet" with Naomi Campbell 1994: Jon Bon Jovi - "Please Come Home For Christmas" with Cindy Crawford 1996: Toni Braxton - "Let It Flow" 1998: Mariah Carey - "My All" 1999: Chris Isaak - "Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing" with Laetitia Casta 2000: Tracy Chapman - "Telling Stories" 2001: Britney Spears - "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" 2001: Jennifer Lopez - "Ain't It Funny" 2001: 'N Sync - "Gone" 2002: Shakira - "Underneath Your Clothes" Actor filmatographyHerb Ritts Actor fimatography: chronology1993: Intimate Portrait, episode: Cindy Crawford, as himself 1995: Murder In The First, as Mike Kelly 1997: Behind The Music, episode 6: Imagemakers, as himself 2001: Diary, episode 8: Diary Of Britney Spears, as himself 2001: The Ellen Show, episode 4: Vanity Hair, as the photographer 2002: Making The Video, episode 86: Underneath Your Clothes, as himself BooksHerb Ritts books: chronologyPictures, Twin Palms Publishers, 1988 Men/Women, Twin Palms Publishers, 1989 Duo, Twin Palms Publishers, 1991 Notorious, Little, Brown and Company/Bulfinch Press, 1992 Africa, Little, Brown and Company/Bulfinch Press, 1994 Work, Little, Brown and Company/Bulfinch Press, 1996 Herb Ritts, Fondation Cartier Pour L'art Contemporain, 1999 Source: Wikipedia
October 2, 200816 yr Author Forever indebted to Herb for this: Awww - Wicked Game... *SIGH* Thanks Baron
October 2, 200816 yr Author wow! amazing covers. Can you id the 3rd and 4th models?thnx ! You're welcome Korri
October 3, 200816 yr Author Who?In the first cover girl is Linda Speirings & in the second cover girls is a unknown model.
October 26, 200816 yr Author US GQ January 1989 "That Fabulous Face" Model: Christy Turlington Photographed by Herb Ritts djuna.cine21.com/christy
November 9, 200816 yr Author Herb Ritts - Exhibition Poster Model: Helena Christensen Photographed by Herb Ritts
November 9, 200816 yr Author Rolling Stone 1989 Models: Stephanie Seymour, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz & Naomi Campbell Photographed by Herb Ritts
November 9, 200816 yr Author Some videos directed by him..... Shakira - "Underneath Your Clothes" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbASRMMbWTc NSYNC - "Gone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvunyWYr_tc Janet Jackson - "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" Chris Isaak - "Widget Game"
December 18, 200816 yr I read yesterday that he directed "Wicked Game" (btw, if he did its version number 2, then how the version number 1 looked like?? ) And I didn't know he made so many music videos! It's great he didn't have an impact on fashion, but also on music scene (somehow ) I really like "Ain't it funny" (Y)
December 18, 200816 yr US GQ January 1989"That Fabulous Face" Model: Christy Turlington Photographed by Herb Ritts beautiful she has a great body
January 13, 200916 yr Author US Vogue September 2002 "Sparking Star" Star: Kate Hudson Photographed by Herb Ritts http://voguesgirl.blogspot.com/
January 13, 200916 yr Author US Vogue July 2001 "Not The Girl Next - Door" Star: Catherine Zeta-Jones Photographed by Herb Ritts http://voguesgirl.blogspot.com/
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