HERB RITTS | 'Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi'

mounted, signed, titled, dated, editioned '10/25,' and annotated 'Hollywood' in pencil and with the photographer's copyright/credit stamp on the reverse, framed, 1989 

Herb Ritts: L.A. Style (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2012), pl. 28 Herb Ritts: Work (New York, 1996), unpaginated

This photograph is in overall excellent condition. The following are visible in raking light: several pin-point-sized impressions and a faint surface scratch in the lower right quadrant, none of which appear to break the emulsion. Along the left edge of the image, there is an isolated small area where the emulsion is lifting slightly.
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As a photographer of celebrities, Herb Ritts became a celebrity in his own right. His talent for drawing out a truth from his sitter or sitters resulted in intimate portraits that remain a cornerstone of his oeuvre. ‘It’s not the celebrity quality of the person that makes the photograph interesting. It’s letting the true person through that makes the photograph interesting and lasting’ (Herb Ritts in conversation with Simone Ellis, ‘Puttin on the Ritts,’ Santa Fe New Mexican, 28 June 1991, p. 5).