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Herb Ritts

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Herb Ritts


Born
in Los Angeles, California, The United States
August 13, 1952

Died
December 26, 2002

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Herb Ritts 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.

Ritts was born in Los Angeles, California to a prosperous family. His parents, Herb and Shirley Ritts, owned a successful furniture business. He received an economics degree from Bard College in upstate New York in 1974 and soon after returned to Los Angeles to work as a sales representative for his family's business. He came out as gay to his parents while in college; they were accepting and supportive.

However, Ritts started taking night classes in photography and decided to d
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Average rating: 4.37 · 163 ratings · 12 reviews · 49 distinct works
Notorious

4.61 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions
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Work

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Africa

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Men/Women

4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
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Pictures

4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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In full light

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Duo

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4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions
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In equilibrio

4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Herb Ritts Postcard Box

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings2 editions
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Herb Ritts: Pictures

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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“Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.”
Herb Ritts