"Настоящее art more durable than the paper on which print images@" @- American photographer herb Ritts (Herb Ritts) 2
13 Aug 64 years ago was born the legendary herb Ritts, the photographer who combines several incarnations: a Director of music videos and image-maker, and if to speak more precisely, he was a mythmaker of culture 1980–90-х years.
Madonna/ Madonna 1987
Ciindy Crawford, 1994
Herb Ritts
herb Ritts grew up in Los-Анджелесе in a very wealthy family. Graduated from University, started working in a furniture store parents, and suddenly became interested in photography. And so seriously that he signed up for evening photos-курсы, and then offered their work to journals, contacts made, but his work is not very popular.
Nicole Kidman
All changed the case. Once in 1978 in an abandoned gas station, he met a handsome young man — novice and then an unknown actor Richard Gere. Ritz noticed the guy something special and encouraged him to take some pictures. These black-белых photos Richard Gere is depicted against the background of broken Buick in a white t-shirt, jeans, with a cigarette in his mouth, and thrown back over his head." Я don"t remember if I"ve told him to hold your hands behind your head, or am I just recorded a moment when he reached@", — later told Ritz.
Richard Gere, 1978.
Christy Turlington/ Christy Turlington
Naomi Campbell, 1990
the Young actor liked the editors of journals no less than the style in which the pictures were taken. These photographs become for Richard Gere pass to the world of the film industry, and herb Ritts decided to seriously pursue photography.
Waterfall, 1988.
Antonio Banderas
Ritz quickly sought recognition as a master of art and commercial photography. It takes many famous people, musicians, actors, photos that adorn the covers of leading magazines the world of fashion.
Dustin Hoffman/ Dustin Hoffman
Tom Cruise/ Tom Cruise
Philip Seymour Hoffman/ Philip Seymour Hoffman
Jack Nicholson/ Jack Nicholson, 1986
Photos by herb Ritts inherent smooth lines and strong forms. His work, at first glance, simple, but coupled with Greek motifs they possess attractiveness and sensuality. On the Ritz say that he revolutionized fashion-фотографии and photographs of Nudes, turned them into real art. As in his portraits, naked body, the Ritz — master details.
a Game of shadows, 1985.
mermaid
Mask, 1989
He was convinced that the part, in this case the body is not inferior to the expressive and compositional construction of the whole. It creates a deliberately simple composition, concentrating on the choice of poses, perspective and light.
Helena Christensen/ Helena Christensen
Helena Christensen/ Helena Christensen (the Girl and the fan)
Tatyana Patitz/ Tatjana Patitz
" po the truth is, he managed everything that he undertook. And it rather scared me: I thought he would be a loser@", — once said to Shirley Ritts, mother of the photographer. Have to admit, the one thing he never was is a loser. Photographs by herb Ritts was exhibited at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and his shooting the Pirelli calendar is recognized as one of the best in history.
Michelle Pfeiffer
Jodie Foster/ Jodie Foster
Julia Roberts
Kim Basinger, 1989
we Probably would have seen another work of this talented man, but herb Ritts died in 2002. According to some close, the cause was pneumonia, caused by ВИЧ-инфекцией.
1 herb Ritts with Kim Basinger
(photo by Stephen Jerrome)
Garage, 1984
Wall
Mel Gibson
John Travolta/ John Travolta
Goldfish
" Херб was a smart man. A little-чуть Prince. A persuasive man and a dear friend. He was thin, smart, loyal, gentle, funny, forgiving, demanding, poteryannym. He was the rock, professional, manipulator, artist, lover. Lover of beauty, a connoisseur of beauty, inspirer of beauty. The Creator of beauty@", — Richard Gere.
Al Pacino/ Al Pacino
Britney Spears/ Britney Spears
Madonna/ Madonna
Naomi Campbell/ Naomi Campbell
Bruce Springsteen/ Bruce Springsteen
Madonna/ Madonna
Madonna/ Madonna
David Bowie/ David Bowie
Drew Barrymore/ Drew Barrymore
Denzel Washington/ Denzel Washington
Milla Jovovich/ Milla Jovovich
Michael Jackson *In The Closet*
Michael Jackson/ Michael Jackson
Cindy Crawford,July 1988
Ritz quickly sought recognition as a master of art and commercial photography. It takes many famous people, musicians and actors – Christopher Reeve (Christopher Reeve), the Dalai-Ламу (Dalai Lama), Elizabeth Taylor (Elizabeth Taylor), Ronald Reagan (Ronald Reagan), Stephen Hawking (Steven Hawking), Edward Norton (Edward Norton), Madonna (Madonna) Annette Benning (Annette Benning), Cindy Crawford (Cindy Crawford), and many others.
Tina Turner
Herb Ritts
Jack Nicolson amd Warren Beatty
Meryl Streep/ Meryl Streep
Working for a magazine Interview, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Elle, Playboy, Rolling Stone, publishes a lot of photo albums for the world"s leading designers, including Giorgio Armani, Revlon, Chanel and Calvin Klein.
Julia Roberts/ Julia Roberts
Matthew McConaughey/ Matthew McConaughey
Jennifer Aniston/ Jennifer Aniston
Christy Turlington
Madonna/ Madonna
Michael Jackson
by Herb Ritts (1952-2002)
Actress Julia Roberts & Herb Ritts
herb Ritts and Cindy Crawford
Photographer herb Ritts
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson *In The Closet*
Director herb Ritts
Michael Jackson *In The Closet* (Backstage)
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