Herb Ritts (August 13, 1952 - December 26, 2002) was a fashion photographer who concentrated on black and white photography and portraits in the style of classical Greek art. Consequently some of his more famous pieces are of male and female nudes in what can be called glamour photography. He was born in Los Angeles, California to a prosperous family who owned a furniture business. In 1974 he received an economics degree from Bard College in upstate New York and soon after returned to Los Angeles to work as a sales representative for his family's business. However, Ritts started taking night classes in photography and decided to dedicate himself to the art in the late 1970s. His first break into the business occurred as a result of taking portraits of his actor friend Richard Gere. These photos gained national exposure on the covers of many magazines. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he worked with ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Vanity Fair magazine'' and ''Vogue magazine'' magazines on portraits of famous people and artistic photos of models. Subjects of his black-and-white celebrity portraits included Kofi Annan, Cindy Crawford, Tenzin Gyatso (the Dalai Lama), Madonna (entertainer), Jack Nicholson and Elizabeth Taylor. Ritts also directed several music videos. In 1991 two of these, Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" and Janet Jackson's "Love Will Never Do Without You", won MTV awards. Having been HIV-positive for years, he died in Los Angeles from pneumonia-related complications. He leaves his partner Erik Hyman. ''See also:'' The erotic male in photography ==External links== *[http://www.staleywise.com/collection/ritts/ritts.html Staley Wise Gallery: Herb Ritts collection] 1952 births 2002 deaths American photographers Gay, lesbian or bisexual people LGBT artists Music video directors
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Herb Ritts (August 13, 1952 - December 26, 2002) was a fashion photographer who concentrated on black and white photography and portraits in the style of classical Greek art. Consequently some of his more famous pieces are of male and female nudes in what can be called glamour photography. He was born in Los Angeles, California to a prosperous family who owned a furniture business. In 1974 he received an economics degree from Bard College in upstate New York and soon after returned to Los Angeles to work as a sales representative for his family's business. However, Ritts started taking night classes in photography and decided to dedicate himself to the art in the late 1970s. His first break into the business occurred as a result of taking portraits of his actor friend Richard Gere. These photos gained national exposure on the covers of many magazines. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he worked with ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Vanity Fair magazine'' and ''Vogue magazine'' magazines on portraits of famous people and artistic photos of models. Subjects of his black-and-white celebrity portraits included Kofi Annan, Cindy Crawford, Tenzin Gyatso (the Dalai Lama), Madonna (entertainer), Jack Nicholson and Elizabeth Taylor. Ritts also directed several music videos. In 1991 two of these, Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" and Janet Jackson's "Love Will Never Do Without You", won MTV awards. Having been HIV-positive for years, he died in Los Angeles from pneumonia-related complications. He leaves his partner Erik Hyman. ''See also:'' The erotic male in photography ==External links== *[http://www.staleywise.com/collection/ritts/ritts.html Staley Wise Gallery: Herb Ritts collection] 1952 births 2002 deaths American photographers Gay, lesbian or bisexual people LGBT artists Music video directors
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Isn't using the word "gay" in the introduction sentence like this a bit strange? One could even argue that it should not be mentioned unless it relates to something of interest to his actions or career. I'd like to suggest someone removes it, or rewrites it to be relevent in the context of the article. User:Walden 16:56, 2004 Aug 13 (UTC) Word removed. There's now a "gay" category link at the bottom. User:Walden 20:02, 2004 Aug 13 (UTC)
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