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
black-and-white luxury labs
I'm pretty selective. I generally edit the contact sheets and then do work prints. Because I have my own lab and printers, I can afford the luxury of going through the contact sheets for black-and-white, making up work prints, seeing them big, and honing them down.
growing-up california light
Coming from California and growing up where I did, I've always had a fondness for and innate sensitivity to light, texture, and warmth.
thinking europe different
The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will be much more appreciative of many images.
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.
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.