Herb Ritts
Herb Ritts
Herbert "Herb" Ritts Jr.was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth13 August 1952
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
photography jobs thinking
Well, I liked it - that was the main thing. I liked it, but I didn't think of it in terms of a career. I didn't really know; I didn't really think about it. One thing just led to another until finally I quit my job as a salesman and found myself working as a photographer.
clothes saws assignments
Each time I did assignments or editorials, I realized that I wanted to do something more. I saw that it wasn't just about the clothes.
be-who-you-are sometimes happens
Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.
graduation degrees economics
Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.
new-york hygiene california
What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace.
economics good-business majors
I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense.
photography art blood
Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.
gay thinking names
I think knowing people by first names, not by what they do sexually, is really what it's about. Not being afraid. Fear is the enemy. I've always been comfortable with being gay.
school light feelings
I'd go down to the end of my street, to a garage that had a certain feeling about it, or a particular light; I'd take a picture of a friend who needed a head shot. That's how I learned, instead of having school assignments and learning camera techniques.
appreciate comforting rooms
It's always more comforting to know that in any given corner of any room or any location you're on, you can make a photograph that you'll appreciate.
important today firsts
Today a lot of things are so celebrity-oriented; it's only because it's celebrity and the photograph is lost. To me it's important to have an image that is a photograph first, not about necessarily who that person is.
play trying elements
To me it's just going for the moment that counts. Sometimes, I'll have all the elements there, and I like to play and push something, and to me, in the end, you do achieve things that you're not aware of in the beginning, even though you're there trying to get them.
two light mountain
Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow.
thinking keys people
I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they're missing the key element.