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Herb Ritts Biography
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1970 - 1974 |
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Majored in economics and art history at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
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1991 |
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Received an Infinity Award for Applied Photography from the International Center for Photography(ICP) in New York, NY for the portraits he shot for The Gap
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1980 - 2001 |
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Worked with magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue on portraits of famous people and artistic photos of models
Created successful advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, Chanel, Donna Karan, Gap, Gianfranco Ferré, Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani, Levi’s, Pirelli, Polo Ralph Lauren, Valentino among others
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2002 |
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Died: Los Angeles, CA from pneumonia-related complications
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2008 |
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Was awarded a Pioneer Award from The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation(GLAAD)
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Revealed: The Tradition of Male Homoerotic Art, Central Connecticut State University Art Galleries, New Britain, CT
Thanks for Being With Us: Contemporary Art from the Douglas Nielsen Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Mick Jagger: Promenade Rock, Recontres d'arles, Arles, France
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2009
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Ingres and the Moderns, Musée Ingres, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Quebec, Canada
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2008
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Vanity Fair: Photographs 1913-2008, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; traveling to: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland and National Portrait Gallery, London, U.K.
This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs, The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Herb Ritts and Horst P. Horst, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
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2007
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The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
Herb Ritts, Hamiltons Gallery, London, U.K.(solo)
All For Art! Great Private Collections Among US, Musée des Beaux Arts , Montreal, Canada
OCULTOS (Hidden), Fundacion Canal, Madrid, Spain
Classic Beauty: Part 2 - Photographs of the Male Nude, Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY
Celebrity Photographs 2007, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA(solo)
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2006
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Herb Ritts: A Personal Vision, Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY(solo)
Sans Regard: Collection Dancing Bear of W.M. Hunt, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
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2005
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Herb Ritts : BODY 1984-1999, Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
25 Years: Fay Gold Anniversary Exhibition, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Chronos: Time in Art From the 17th Century to the Modern Day, Il Filatoio, Caraglio, Italy
Speaking With Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
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2004
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Herb Ritts, Museum of Art & History, Shunan City, Japan(solo)
Body, Staton Greenberg Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Platinum, Galleria abOrigena, Milan, Italy
Photo-Icon, Arte Fino, Zurich, Switzerland
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2003
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Herb Ritts Memorial Exhibition, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA(solo)
Herb Ritts, Daimaru Museum, Kyoto, Japan(solo)
Masterworks in Platinum, Camera Obscura, Denver, CO
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2002
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Faces in Music 1952-2002, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Archeology of Elegance, International Hall of Photography, Hamburg, Germany
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2001
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Cartier, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany; traveling to: Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy
The Portrait / The Nude III, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Herb Ritts - NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf, Germany(solo)
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2000
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Herb Ritts, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy(solo)
Herb Ritts: Photographien, Camerawork Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Masterminds of Mode: International Fashion Festival, Kobe Fashion Museum, Kobe, Japan
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1999
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Herb Ritts, Fondation Cartier pour L'Art Contemporain, Paris, France (solo)
Herb Ritts: WORK, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO(solo)
Addressing the Century: 100 Years of Art & Fashion, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
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1998
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Herb Ritts, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR (solo)
Herb Ritts: Photographs, SK Josefsberg Studio, Portland, OR(solo)
Waterproof/A Prova de Agua, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
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1997
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Summer Pleasures, Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, NY
Africa, Albany Museum of Arts, Albany, GA
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1996
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Herb Ritts: Work, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA(solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Wessel + O'Connor Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
Museum of Art & History, Shunan City, Japan
Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
International Hall of Photography, Hamburg, Germany
Kobe Fashion Museum, Kobe, Japan
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
Daimaru Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Turin, Italy
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
National Portrait Gallery, London, U.K.
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| Literature |
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2010
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Charchward, Charles. Herb Ritts: The Golden Hour: A Photographer's Life and His World. Rizzoli: New York
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2002
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Bellafante, Ginia. Herb Ritts, Photographer Of Celebrities, Is Dead at 50. New York Times
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1999
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Herb Ritts: Foundation Cartier Pour L'art Contemporain. Thames & Hudson; London
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1996
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Ritts, Herb & Fairbrother, Trevor. Herb Ritts: Work. Bulfinch: Boston
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1992
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Ritts, Herb. Notorious. Bulfinch: Boston
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1989
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Ritts, Herb. Men/Women. Twin Palms Publishers: Santa Fe
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| Links to further information |
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