Mr. Ritts's work extended beyond celebrity portraiture to fashion photography, artful nudes and the direction of television commercials and music videos. ''He would call a lot,'' Vogue's editor, Anna Wintour, said. Ritts' work with those models ushered in the 1990s era of the supermodel and was consecrated by one of his most celebrated images, "Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood, 1989" taken for Rolling Stone Magazine. He photographed Brooke Shields for the cover of the October 12, 1981 edition of Elle and he photographed Olivia Newton-John for her Physical album in 1981. Herb Ritts, the photographer whose glorifying images of the well known helped to further mythologize celebrity in the 1980's and 90's, died yesterday in a Los Angeles hospital. ''His purpose was always to make you look good,'' Mr. Gere said yesterday. Ritts also worked on other projects, including directing and acting, on Mariah Carey's "My All"(1997), Jennifer Lopez's sepia video "Ain't It Funny", Janet Jackson's Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 (1996), Intimate Portrait: Cindy Crawford (1998), Murder in the First (1995), Britney Spears' "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" (2001), and Shakira's "Underneath Your Clothes". © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Herb Ritts, the glamour photographer who has died aged 50, was born to money, the Los Angeles sunlight, the Californian body-beautiful culture of the beach house at Malibu and cabin at Catalina, and the star home (that of Steve McQueen) next door to the family's 27-room ranch. The clothes, or the setting, seemed almost peripheral. The first video he directed was Madonna in "Cherish" in 1989. After graduating from Bard College in upstate New York with a degree in economics in 1975, he returned to Los Angeles to work for his family's company but was sidetracked when he started taking adult-education classes in photography. 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Not that he ever intended to make his living, and life, just being Californian. A photographer whose subjects ranged from Madonna and Cindy Crawford to the Dalai Lama and Kofi Annan, Mr. Ritts, like George Platt Lynes, relied on clean, graphic compositions that often portrayed models and celebrities in the visual language of classical Greek sculpture. For that reason he was a favorite of designers, like Gianni Versace, whose clothes paid homage to the human form. He moved to the East Coast to attend Bard College in New York, where he majored in economics and art history, graduating in 1975.[1]. Mr. Ritts had recently shot a series of portraits for Vogue, including ones of Mr. Annan, the United Nations secretary general, and Marion Jones, the track star, all of which will appear in the magazine's February issue. Unlike many other contemporary commercial photographers, Mr. Ritts imposed little of his own sense of artistry onto his pictures. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Ritts also directed the music video for Michael Jackson's "In the Closet", which featured supermodel Naomi Campbell, as well as Jon Bon Jovi's music video featuring Cindy Crawford for "Please Come Home For Christmas". He captured the 1980's era of the supermodel with Amazonian images of Ms. Crawford, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell. But at the end of the day, his immune system was compromised." The actor was Richard Gere, and the pictures, ultimately published in various national magazines, served as the catalyst for Mr. Ritts's career as a portraitist. Five years later he replicated that cover pose with Madonna for her 1986 release True Blue. [4] Some of his subjects during this time included Cher, Elizabeth Taylor,[5] Vincent Price,[6] Madonna,[7] Denzel Washington,[8] Johnny Depp,[9] Ronald Reagan,[10] David Bowie,[11] Courtney Love,[12] Liv Tyler,[13] Matthew McConaughey,[14] Britney Spears,[15] Michael Jackson, and Mariah Carey. Mr. 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. [17] According to Ritts' publicist, "Herb was HIV-positive, but this particular pneumonia was not PCP (pneumocystis pneumonia), a common opportunistic infection of AIDS. From 1996 to 1997 his work was displayed at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, attracting more than 250,000 people to the exhibit,[16] and in 2003 a solo exhibition was held at the Daimaru Museum, in Kyoto, Japan. Herb Ritts, photographer, born 1952; died December 26 2002, Available for everyone, funded by readers. [1], Born in Los Angeles, to a Jewish family,[2] Ritts began his career working in the family furniture business. Mr. Ritts's fashion work was distinguished most of all for its worship of the body. His father, Herb Ritts Sr., was a businessman, while his mother, Shirley Ritts, was an interior designer. Herb Ritts, the photographer whose glorifying images of the well known helped to further mythologize celebrity in the 1980's and 90's, died yesterday in a Los Angeles hospital… ''Some photographers embalm their subjects, but he enlivened them.''. Later, while living in Los Angeles, he became interested in photography when he and friend Richard Gere, then an aspiring actor, decided to shoot some photographs in front of an old jacked up Buick. In 1991, he won two MTV Video Awards for his work on music videos by Janet Jackson and Chris Isaak. According to Ritts' publicist, "Herb was HIV-positive, but this particular pneumonia was not PCP (pneumocystis pneumonia), a common opportunistic infection of AIDS. ''He had an extremely elegant aesthetic. Herbert "Herb" Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Mr. Ritts had a passionate interest in magazines, especially the ones he worked for regularly, like Vogue, where he was a contributor for more than 15 years. Mr. Gere remained one of his closest friends. All rights reserved. His work concentrated on black and white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture, which emphasized the human shape. He was 50 and lived in Los Angeles. But at the end of the day, his immune system was compromised. ''This is not to say that the pictures were always straightforward, because they often had a great deal of wit to them,'' Ms. Staley added. Photographer and video director Herb Ritts died on December 26th at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center of complications from pneumonia; he … One day in the late 1970's, while waiting for a tire to be changed, he took pictures of a young actor friend he was driving around with. Herb Ritts, Photographer Of Celebrities, Is Dead at 50. ''He would call when an issue came out and want to go over it even if he hadn't contributed to it, or he'd call to see how his covers sold.''. He also worked for Interview, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Glamour, GQ, Newsweek, Harper's Bazaar, Rolling Stone,[4] Time, Vogue, Allure, Vanity Fair, Details, and Elle. On December 26, 2002, Ritts died of complications from pneumonia at the age of 50. On December 26, 2002, Ritts died of complications from pneumonia at the age of 50. Some photographers are working so hard to be elegant that they pummel you with it, but to Herb it came effortlessly. ''He shot exquisite, iconic photographs,'' said Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair, a magazine to which Mr. Ritts contributed dozens of cover images. Born in Los Angeles in 1952, Mr. Ritts grew up in a prosperous family that owned a furniture business. Then, in 1978, when he was 26 and just having fun, Ritts and his (then unknown) actor buddy Richard Gere, got a puncture in their Buick Le Sabre while driving round the desert… [1] The picture gained Ritts some coverage and he began to be more serious about photography. ''The pictures didn't go beyond what the subject would want,'' said Etheleen Staley, a partner at the Staley Wise gallery in New York, which sold Mr. Ritts's work.
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