Herb Ritts Nudes Newly U #819

Ritts's forte was his ability to analyze the body from a variety of angles and create compositions that abstracted it in ways that communicate strength and poise Mostly working outdoors, ritts enjoyed relating the body to the natural world He rendered his nudes with verve and an overriding elegance that became hallmarks of his pictures. Herb ritts was an american photographer known for his celebrity portraiture and evocative nudes from the 1980s and 1990s View herb ritts's 1,431 artworks on artnet See available photographs, prints and multiples, and paintings for sale and learn about the artist. Credited and titled on affixed label (mat, verso)image Male nude with bubble, los angeles, herb ritts 1987 silver gelatin photograph 18 x 15.5 in Shop original herb ritts nude photography from top galleries around the world Herb ritts began his photographic career in the late 70s and gained a reputation as a master of art and commercial photography In addition to producing portraits and editorial fashion for vogue, vanity fair, interview, and rolling stone, ritts also created successful advertising campaigns for calvin klein, chanel, donna karan, gap, gianfranco ferré, gianni versace, giorgio armani, levi's. Concentrating on the male and female nude, body, opens on february 4th and is on display until march 19th, 2005 The exhibition consists of vintage silver gelatin and platinum prints Herb ritts' publications include pictures, men/women, notorious, duo, africa and work. Available for sale from holden luntz gallery, herb ritts, male nude silverlake frontal (1985), silver gelatin photograph, 14 × 11 in Herb ritts's photographic legacy herb ritts 's photographic legacy is based on his transformative portraits of celebrities and his treatment of the human form He is remembered as one of the leading fashion photographers of the 1980s and 90s Ritts's fresh perspective modernized the nude in photography, celebrating the human form with its almost emblematic, godlike depiction of beauty.