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  Herb Ritts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herb Ritts (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was a fashion photographer who concentrated on fl and white photography and portraits in the style of classical Greek sculpture.
However, Ritts started taking night classes in photography and decided to dedicate himself to the art in the late 1970s.
Ritts' final published photographs were of actor Ben Affleck in Vanity Fair magazine.
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herb ritts is considered one of the leading photographers and commercial directors in the world today
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 Herb Ritts Photography
Ritts is drawn to clean, pure lines and strong forms; the simplicity of his images allows them to be read and felt instantaneously.
Ritts is able to evoke the essence of surface textures, showing the body flecked with grains of sand, veiled in sheer fabric, caked with drying mud, or exposed to cascading water.
Ritts presents some subjects in terms of their trademark features or associations, transforming a personal detail into an emblematic symbol: Elizabeth Taylor's eyes and diamond,Dizzy Gillespie's cheek, and comedian Sandra Bernhard represented by only her open mouth.
www.trincoll.edu /zines/tj/tj11.14.96/articles/cover.html   (446 words)

  
 E! Online News - Celeb Photog Herb Ritts Dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Herb Ritts, the celebrity and fashion photographer, whose camaraderie with his rich and famous subjects enabled him to expose not just their glamorous professional image but also their real-people qualities, died Thursday at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Ritts, who preferred to shoot in fl and white, once said of his own celeb-portraying work, "Fifty or 60 years from now, if someone sees a portrait of Madonna, they really won't care that it was Madonna, or they won't know who the hell she was.
Ritts is survived by his mother, Shirley, his siblings, Rory and Christy, and his partner, entertainment lawyer Erik Hyman.
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Showbiz | Photographer Herb Ritts dies
Ritts died on Thursday at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications caused by pneumonia, his spokesman Stephen Huvane said.
Ritts, who lived in Los Angeles, began his career in the late 1970s by taking informal portraits of friends in the movie industry while working in his family's furniture business.
Ritts is survived by his partner, Erik Hyman, as well as his mother and three siblings.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/2608665.stm   (448 words)

  
 The Scotsman - International - Fashion photographer Herb Ritts dies aged 50
Ritts was born in Los Angeles in 1952.
Ritts also photographed Christopher Reeve, wired up and immobile in a hi-tech wheelchair after his riding accident.
Ritts snapped Madonna grabbing her crotch, supermodel Cindy Crawford dressed as a man, and actress Annette Bening lounging on a settee, heavily pregnant.
www.thescotsman.co.uk /international.cfm?id=1437102002   (539 words)

  
 Herb Ritts - MC Home and Garden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Herb Ritts is one of the most notorious and successful photographers working today.
Although, sadly, Herb Ritts has passed away I'm sure he'll be remembered as one of the greatest celebrity photographers ever.
Herb Ritts passed away on Dec 26 at the age of 50 from complications of pneumonia.
www.mchomeandgarden.com /homestore/p/0500974896   (411 words)

  
 AEGiS-WashBlade: Gay photographer Herb Ritts succumbs to AIDS
Ritts, whose photos of famous people and music videos garnered worldwide recognition, died in Los Angeles Dec. 26 from pneumonia.
Ritts' friendship with Richard Gere in the 1970s, as the story goes, led to a drive in the desert, a flat tire and an impromptu photo session at a service station.
Ritts is survived by his partner, Erik Hyman of Los Angeles, his mother, Shirley Ritts; a sister, Christy Thrasher; and a brother, Rory, all of Los Angeles.
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 Boston.com / Museum of Fine Arts / Herb Ritts Press Room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Herb Ritts is just such a breath&151;or indeed a gulp—of fresh air.
Among today's photographers, Ritts stands out as a self-confident professional, finely tuned to contemporary taste—indeed he is himself a maker of that taste—with an ability to create unforgettable images of great force and beauty.
Ritts' people seem like gods and goddesses: they wear few clothes and have few possessions, they are sexually irrepressible, and they inhabit an elemental landscape of earth, air, water and, occasionally, fire.
graphics.boston.com /mfa/ritts/pressroom/director.htm   (375 words)

  
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 TiVo Community Forums Archives - Celeb Photog Herb Ritts Dies
Ritts -- whose stylish, mostly fl-and-white portraits helped define the image-conscious 1980s and '90s -- died at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, publicist Stephen Huvane said.
Ritts was born in Los Angeles in 1952, and the family furniture business provided a comfortable life for him and three siblings.
Ritts believed his pictures would endure, even as his subjects faded from public awareness.
archive.tivocommunity.com /tivo-vb/history/topic/92376-1.html   (1053 words)

  
 TheStar.com - Photographer Herb Ritts dead at age 50   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ritts was born in Los Angeles in 1952 and moved east to attend New York's Bard College, where he studied economics.
Ritts said in an interview two years ago for a catalogue that accompanied a Fondation Cartier show in Paris.
Ritts is survived by his mother, Shirley Ritts; a brother, Rory; a sister, Christy; and his partner, Erik Hyman.
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 Rolling Stone : Herb Ritts Dies
Photographer and video director Herb Ritts died on December 26th at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center of complications from pneumonia; he was fifty.
Among Ritts' most well known photographs are his shots of Massai people in Africa (captured in his 1994 book, Africa) and his view of the male and female body (Men/Women, 1989).
Ritts is survived by his partner, Erik Hyman, his mother, Shirley Ritts, his sister, Christy Thrasher and his brother, Rory.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/5933580   (427 words)

  
 Herb Ritts and Mario Testino Receive Rodeo Drive Walk of Style(R) Award March 20 in Beverly Hills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ritts and Testino were honored with a permanent plaque that features their quote and signature placed in the sidewalk along the world-renowned street.
Famed Ritts' photographs are highlighted, including ones of Madonna and Sophia Loren, as well as iconic images of Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and others from Testino's dynamic portfolio.
Ritts and Testino were selected to receive the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style(R) Award by an independent group of representatives from the media, entertainment and fashion industries, who were invited to nominate style legends for their contributions to fashion and entertainment.
www.forrelease.com /D20050321/lam056.P2.03212005025011.05102.html   (334 words)

  
 Herb Ritts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Reuters - An emotional Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the sentencing of two Australian men to death in neighboring Indonesia on Tuesday for attempting to smuggle heroin should serve as a warning to other Australians.
by: Herb Ritts, Steve Meise, Ingrid Sischy, Trevor Fairbrother, Malcolm Rogers
Herb Ritts [American Photographer, born in 1952] Guide to pictures of works by Herb Ritts in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.
www.herbritts.info   (680 words)

  
 herb ritts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Herb Ritts who died 26 Dec 2002 from complications of pneumonia, photographed many celebrities, and, as often happens...
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Herb Ritts (August 13, 1952 - December 26, 2002) was a fashion photographer...
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 Herb Ritts posters and prints
Herb Ritts was born in Los Angeles in 1952 and based his career there developing a unique relationship with the city’s entertainment industry.
Ritts also had a lively imagination that created whimsical and sometimes surreal images.
Herb Ritts died in Los Angeles in 2002...
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 Jon and Naomi at AmFar's Herb Ritts gala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Jon Bon Jovi, Richard Gere and Naomi Campbell were among a host of top names attending an AmFar gala evening in honour of the late photographer Herb Ritts in New York this week.
Herb Ritts, who died aged 50 in 2002, was a dedicated Aids activist and a generous supporter of many AIDS organisations.
The gala was in recognition of both his photographic legacy and his contribution to the fight against the disease.
www.hellomagazine.com /celebrities/2005/02/03/amfarbenefit   (279 words)

  
 mtv.com - News - Photographer/ Video Director Herb Ritts Dies At Age 50
Two of Ritts' other well-known videos similarly boasted a skillful blend of sand and sex appeal — Madonna's "Cherish" and Chris Isaak's breakthrough "Wicked Game," one of two clips Ritts tackled for the crooner.
Herb Ritts was born in Los Angeles in 1952 and majored in economics at New York's Bard College.
Ritts passed away at the UCLA Medical Center, according to his publicist.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1459303/12262002/shakira.jhtml   (887 words)

  
 in the end, it would make a great photograph | MetaFilter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I mean, while you one can claim (as biscotti does) that there's nothing being hidden, if Ritts had been shot, mauled by dogs or had a piano had fallen on him, that news certainly wouldn't have been obscured with code.
I am sure that Ritts contributed something valuable to the world of photography, and I am certainly not of that world; and notwithstanding the hashing of public diagnostic revelations, death should be approached respectfully.
But Ritts was hardly a hack: the man had clearly done his homework, and knew very well classical sculpture and had obviously studied the great photographers from the Thirties and Forties (yes, Riefenstahl too)
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 Herb Ritts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 Herb Ritts Online
Original works by Herb Ritts available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Herb Ritts in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
All images and text on this Herb Ritts page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/ritts_herb.html   (230 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / Malcolm, X
They started on Rogers in 1996 for giving celebrity photographer Herb Ritts his first major museum show.
Three years later, they were back, enraged when Rogers fired a pair of longtime curators and, so the story went, had them escorted from the building.
They say his tenure has been marked by the museum's embrace of the lowbrow, starting with his decision to plaster the walls with Ritts portraits of Madonna and Jack Nicholson.
www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2004/09/12/malcolm_x   (517 words)

  
 VISIBLEH20 DOT COM ~ THE HUB - HERB RITTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Herb Ritts is what I suppose you might call a modern photographer.
He was well known among the popular people of his time and took
Talent knows no boundries and to be in the moment often means to be able to look back at the moment from far away...
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 Herb Ritts
Obituary: Herb Ritts; Photographer of the famous and fashionable.(Obituaries)
Herb Ritts: a life in focus: the celebrities he photographed so flawlessly remember the warmth of the friend they knew.
Herb Ritts, photographer who created icons, dies aged 50.(News)
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 Textbooks by Herb Ritts - Direct Textbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Herb Ritts - Twins Palms Publishers - B0006F3858
Herb Ritts - Te Neues Pub Group - 3570191354
Herb Ritts - David Copperfield International - B0006S2FLS
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