American - Photographer | August 13, 1952 - December 26, 2002
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.
Herb Ritts
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Many people who excel are self-taught.
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Once you develop your own style, you know when you're able to give your best. Feeling at home is part of it, and I don't think that's an L.A. thing. It's a matter of the environment and of what affects you.
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Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman.
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For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.
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I like form and shape and strength in pictures.
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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.
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When you start out, you're not really aware. I didn't have a sense of photographic history.
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Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.
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Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.
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I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of art opened up certain things to me, made me see. It intrigued me.
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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.
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