Richard Gere Remembers Fashion Photographer Herb Ritts

Richard Gere Remembers Fashion Photographer Herb Ritts I was 26 or so when I met Herb Ritts. We recognize ourselves. He had a warmth in his photographs that everyone liked. Something that I do not think everyone realizes about Herb is that he was an artist. He was the one who was really nice to be around, unlike a great deal of people in that group who weren't, including me. Later, I remember calling him and saying, "Let's go riding into the desert and shoot some stuff. Sometime in the mid-'70s, I remember him telling me that he was going to take night classes in photography. We didn't have a sense that it was significant. But it's actually a complex photo with the juxtaposition of hard and soft and different angles. He loved to use natural light, and he knew which hours of the day and which sides of the studio the light came in and how to bounce it the right way. " The car in that shot (right) was my girlfriend's, and we got a flat tire. Herb shot people he knew and had a feeling for, and if he didn't know them, he had a respect for them. He did fashion photography as a job but had the soul of an artist, and he wanted that shot. There's a very real reason why Herb was on top of everyone's list of still photographers. We were just shooting, having fun. On set, Herb created a very easy, flowing atmosphere. He was the kind of guy that whenever I see mutual friends who loved Herb, we start crying. Richard Gere Remembers Fashion Photographer Herb Ritts Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 31/03/2012