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ARTICLES / ESSAYS / INTERVIEWS


2006

Frank Holliday, "The Beautiful People: Herb Ritts' Singular Aesthetic Focus", Gay City News (May 11-17, 2006).

Jonathan Ringen, "Madonna Strikes a Pose", Rolling Stone Magazine (May 18-June 1, 2006).

"The Photographers", Rolling Stone Magazine (May 18-June 1, 2006).

Caroline Weber, "Holiday Books: Fashion", New York Times Book Review (December 3, 2006).


2005

Rosa Apadaca, "Testino, Ritts Receive Walk of Style Award", WWD Friday (March 18, 2005).


2004

Ezrah Jean Black, "The Education of Herb Ritts", Los Angeles City Beat (January 8, 2004).

"Memoir of Herb Ritts' Celebrities", Nippon Camera, Japan (June 2004).


2003

Mary Panzer, "A Psychologist, A Playmate, A Persuader", Chicago Tribune (January 3, 2003).

Kevin Conley, "Postscript: Model Life", The New Yorker (January 13, 2003).

"Milestones", Time Magazine (January 13, 2003).

"Remembering Herb Ritts", Women's Wear Daily (January 28, 2003).

David Wild, "Tribute", Rolling Stone Magazine (February 6, 2003).

Mary Ann Lynch, "Herb Ritts: Tribute to a Master", Camera Arts (February/ March 2003).

Richard Gere, "The Natural", Vogue (March 2003).

Ingrid Sischy, "Tribute: Herb Ritts", Interview (March 2003).

Anna Wintour, "Power of Light", Vogue (March 2003).

"Herb Ritts", Out Magazine (March 2003).

"Saying Farewell to a Friend", Vanity Fair (March 2003).

Degen Pener, "Putting on the Ritts", POZ (April 2003).

"Herb Ritts' Leading Ladies", Vanity Fair (April 2003).

Mark Edward Harris, "This Looks Good: The Late Photographer Herb Ritts, From Beginning to End", Los Angeles Times Magazine (December 7, 2003).

Jean-Jacques Naudet, "Herb Ritts: Photographe des Stars", Paris Match, France (January 2-8, 2003).

Trevor Fairbrother, "Herb Ritts: Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre", Photo Tribute Issue, France (March 2003).

Vernon Jolly, "Ses Pubs Deviennent des Icones", Photo Tribute Issue, France (March 2003).

Bill Sharpsteen, "La Star des Photographes des Stars", Photo Tribute Issue, France (March 2003).

Bill Sharpsteen, "L'Afrique Comme Un Imperatif de Voir Ailleurs", Photo Tribute Issue, France (March 2003).

Bill Sharpsteen, "Les Nus Masculins: Son Domaine de Liberté Totale", Photo Tribute Issue, France (March 2003).

"Dans Les Coulisses de la Technique", Photo Tribute Issue, France (March 2003).

Manfred Zollner, "Herb Ritts 1952-2002", Foto Magazin, Germany (March 2003).


2002

Ginia Bellafante, "Herb Ritts, Photographer of Celebrities, is Dead at 50", New York Times (December 27, 2002).

Michael Quintanilla and Louise Roug, "Herb Ritts: 1952-2002: Stylish Images Made Photographer a Star in His Own Right", Los Angeles Times (December 28, 2002).

Susan Muchnic, "An Appreciation: Celebrity Defined", Los Angeles Times (December 28, 2002).

Hank Stuever, "The Flash of Fame", Washington Post (December 28, 2002).

"Herb Ritts Dies: Celebrity Photog Captured Legends", The Hollywood Reporter (December 30, 2002).

"Photographer to the Stars Dies After Luminous Career", The Courier-Mail, Australia (December 28, 2002).

"Muere el Fotografo Estadounidense Herb Ritts a Los 50 Años", El Pais, Spain (December 27, 2002).

Charles Arthur, "Tributes to Herb Ritts, Creator of Exquisite, Iconic Photographs", The Independent, UK (December 28, 2002).

Veronica Horwell, "Herb Ritts:Photographer Who Turned the Glamorous Celebrity Lifestyle into Art", The Guardian, UK (December 28, 2002).


2001

"Les Traits de la Vie", Cartier, France (Fall 2001).

"Herb Ritts", Foto and Video Magazine, Russia (2001).


2000

David Schonauer, "Herb Ritts: The Great Iconographer", American Photo (May/ June 2000).

Roxanne Lowitt, "The Twenty Most Influential Photographers", Photo District News (May 2000).

"Seeing is Believing", Forbes ASAP (October 22, 2000).

Bill Sharpsteen, "Eye of the Beholder", Los Angeles Times Magazine (October 29, 2000).

Jamie Vacca, "Picture This", Atlanta (November 2000).

Olivier LaLanne, "Un Talent Gros Comme Le Ritts", Vogue, France (December 1999/ January 2000).

Suzy Menkes, "The Celebrities Laid Bare: Herb Ritts Catches the Moment in Photographic Detail", International Herald Tribune, France (January 4, 2000).

Francoise Jaunin, "Dans L'Intimité des Stars", 24 Heures, France (January 5, 2000).

Beatrice Comte, "Herb Ritts: Un Photographe Deconcertant", Le Figaro, France (January 15, 2000).

Jade Lindgaard, "Party People", Inrockuptibles, France (January 8-24, 2000).

Agathe Godard, "Herb Ritts Fait un Triomphe a la Fondation Cartier", Paris Match, France (January 13, 2000).

Klaus Boltz, "Hommage an den Fotografen Herb Ritts", Buhnentechnische Rundschau, Germany (January 2000).

Manfred Zollner, "Ein Amerikaner in Paris", Foto Magazin, Germany (January 2000).

"Herb Ritts", Photo Technik International, Germany (January/February 2000).

"Herb Ritts: Magische Momente des Star-Fotografen", Pret-a-Porter, Germany (March 2000).

Joachim Mischke, "Zwischen Schein und Sein", Hamburger Abendblatt, Germany (August 24, 2000).

Kitty Bolognesi, "Herb Ritts Portfolio: Il Fotografo Delle Star Che Volle Farsi Star", Max, Italy (November 1, 2000).

Josep Sandoval, "El Alma de la Fama", Magazine La Vanguardia, Spain (January 16, 2000).

Miguel Polo, "Herb Ritts:Fotos Que Hablan", Marie Claire, Spain (February 2000).

Bryan Appleyard, "Body But No Soul", London Sunday Times, UK (January 16, 2000).

Francois Quintin, "Body of Work", Creative Review, UK (February 2000).


1999

David Schonauer, "Century of Glamour: The Herb Ritts Pirelli Calendar", American Photo (January/ February 1999).

Jacquelynn D. Powers, "Herb Ritts: Work of Art", Ocean Drive (February 1999).

Eric Newill, "Beauties of the Century", Ocean Drive (April 1999).

Vince Aletti, "Aperture 156 Male/ Female", Aperture (Summer 1999).

Mimi Avins, "Welcome to her Matriarchy", Los Angeles Times (September 26, 1999).

Inigo Thomas, "A Night in Havana", George (October 1999).

"Indelible Memories", American Photo (November/ December 1999).

Jonathan Turner, "The Masters: Herb Ritts", black+white, Australia (1999).

"Herb Ritts", Photo & Camera Magazine, Brazil (1999).

"Herb Ritts", Photo, France (November 1999).

Dany Jucaud, "L'Imagicien", Paris Match, France (December 9, 1999).

"Na Gut, Neben Uns Wohnte Steve McQueen", Die Zeit, Leben, Germany (November 18, 1999).

"Glamour von Gestern", Der Spiegel, Germany (December 1999).

Caro Maurer, "Voyeurismus in Hochglanz", Boulevard Lebensart, Germany (December 5, 1999).

Ivo Weyel, "Jacht op Ultieme Schoonheid Duurt Voort", PS/Het Parool, Holland (December 15, 1999).

Francois Quintin, "Het Lichaam Begrepen", AD Magazine, Holland (December 18, 1999).

Door Mirelle Thijsen, "Fotograaf Van Vips", Het Financieele Dagblad, Holland (December 31, 1999).

"Herb Ritts Portfolio", Foto and Video Magazine, Russia (February 1999).

Manuel Falles, "El Ojo de Herb Ritts", El Pais, Spain (December 19, 1999).


1998

"150 Years of Photography: Pictures That Made a Difference", Life Magazine (Anniversary Issue) (Fall 1998).

Judith H. Dobrzynski, "Museums Paint Prosperity by Numbers", New York Times (February 26, 1998).

David Schonauer, "The 100 Most Important People in Photography", American Photo (May/June 1998).

David Cogan, "Power Players: The 100", Los Angeles Magazine (October 1998).

Cathy Newman, "Perfume: The Essence of Illusion", National Geographic (October 1998).

"1999 Pirelli Par Herb Ritts", Photo, France (December 1998).


1997

"Golden Eye", Genre (December 1996/ January 1997).

Glen Albin, "Working", Ocean Drive (January 1997).

Timothy Nasson, "Herb Ritts", In The Life (January 1997).

Carol Vogel, "Artful Back-Scrathcing Hitches Couture Names to Needy Museums", New York Times (January 4, 1997).

T.J. Medrick jr, "MFA Director Blasts Critics", The TAB (January 21-27, 1997).

Bernard Toale, "Talking to Malcolm Rogers", Stuff Magazine (March 1997).

Michael Kaplan, "Herb Ritts", Graphis 310 (July/August 1997).

Bill Stavru, "An Interview with Herb Ritts , 74", The Bardian (Fall 1997).

"Absolut Photography", Photo District News (November 1997).

Constance C.R. White, "At the Met, a Golden Melting Pot", New York Times (December 11, 1997).

"Selten War Schwarzweiss so Sexy", Der Standard, Austria (August 29, 1997).

Christian Kornherr, "Echt Herb", Wiener, Austria (September 1997).

Dagmar Kaindl, "Der Gigant des Glamour", News, Austria (September 4, 1997).

"Herb Ritts", City, Austria (September 5-11, 1997).

Georg Seiler, "Herb Ritts: Work", Xtra, Austria (September 11, 1997).

"Erkennen Sie Diese Sport-Stars?", Taglich Alles, Austria (September 21, 1997).

"Hohe Kunst in Schwarzweiss", Osterreich News, Austria (September 24, 1997).

Walter Titz, "Starfotografie: Oh, it's a Classic!", Kleine Zeitung, Austria (September 28, 1997).

Claudia Aigner, "Safer-Sex mit Mickeymaus-Ohren", Freizeit Journal, Austria (October 1997).

Madeleine Hruby, "Herb Ritts", Hallo, Austria (November 1997).

Paul Bellini, "Herbie the Shutter-Bug", Icon Magazine, Canada (January 1997).

"Absolut Eisiges Gesamtkunstwerk", Der Standard Detail, Germany (May 9, 1997).

Ute Thon, "Madonnas Ohren: Korperkult und Starportraitist: Herb Ritts' Werkschau in Wein", Vogue, Germany (September 1997).

Manfred Zollner, "Herb Ritts: Body Talk", Foto Magazine, Germany (September 1997).

"Portraitist der Prominenz", Kunst Aktuell, Germany (September 1997).

Gerhard Waldherr, "Herb Ritts: Body Art", Stern, Germany (September 4, 1997).

Gerhard Waldherr, "Body Art by Herb Ritts", Portfolio, Germany (September 21-28, 1997).

"Kult und Korper", Portfolio, Germany (September 21-28, 1997).

"Un Palazzo Art Deco per la Prima Grande Mostra Antologica de Herb Ritts", Photo, Italy (August/September 1997).

Milan Ilic, "Estetika Cloveskega Telesa na Fotografijah H. Rittsa", Delo, Slovenia (September 1997).

Petra Kancler, "Med Umetnostjo in Komercialnosto", Jana, Slovenia (September 1997).

"Screen Gods", Elle, UK (May 1997).


1996

Jeffrey Osborne, "Stealing Beauty", Boston Magazine (September 1996).

Mimi Avins, "Fashion Photogs Leave a Lasting Impression", Los Angeles Times (September 12, 1996).

Robert Birnbaum, "Conversation with Herb Ritts", Stuff Magazine (October 1996).

Charles Gandee, "Puttin' on the Ritts", Vogue (October 1996).

"Puttin' on the Ritts", Los Angeles Magazine (October 1996).

Timothy Nasson, "Puttin' on the Ritts", Metroline (October 16-29, 1996).

Jill Radsken, "Photographer Has an Eye for Top Designers' Dreams", Boston Herald (October 17, 1996).

Christine Temin, "Herb Ritts' Beautiful People", The Boston Globe (October 22, 1996).

Christine Temin, "Art Under Wraps", The Boston Globe (October 22, 1996).

Stephanie Zacharek, "The Museum of Fine Arts Puts on the Ritts", The Boston Phoenix (October 25-31, 1996).

Diane Daniel, "Putting on the Ritts", The Patriot Ledger (October 26, 1996).

Timothy Nasson, "A Seasoned Herb", In Newsweekly (October 27, 1996).

Malcolm Rogers, "An Interview: Herb Ritts, Work", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (November/ December 1996).

Charles Isherwood, "Work in Progress", The Advocate (November 12, 1996).

Hamish Bowles, "First Class Cabin", American Vogue (December 1996).

Timothy Nasson, "Positive Image: Herb Ritts", Etcetera (December 13, 1996).

Christine Temin, "The Malling of the MFA", The Boston Sunday Globe (December 22, 1996).

Michael Freund, "Der Facemaker und Sein Opus Magnum", Der Standard Detail, Germany (November 22, 1996).


1995

Jesse Nash, "Putting on the Ritts", Ocean Drive (February 1995).

"Out 100", Out Magazine (December 1994/ January 1995).

Charles Hagen, "Branching Out", ARTnews (February 1995).

Jerry Adler, "Sweet Land of Liberties", Newsweek (July 10, 1995).

Jane De Teliga, "Down Under Ritts", Sydney Morning Herald, Australia (July 29, 1995).

Motoo Hisako, "Africa: Herb Ritts", Switch, Japan (January 1995).


1994

David Schonauer, "Photography's Top 100", American Photo (January/ February 1994).

Guy Cross, "Herb Ritts", THE Magazine (November 1994).

Peter Hay Halpert, "Africa in Black and White", OUT (November 1994).

Kevin Sessums, "Herb's Garden", Vanity Fair (November 1994).

"A Traveller's Africa", The New Yorker (December 19, 1994).

Catherine Rozmiarek, "Herb Ritts: Son Festival des Plus Grandes Stars du Rock", Photo, France (April 1994).

"Herb Ritts: Africa", Photo, France (October 1994).

Dennis Puzey, "Herb Ritts", Casa Vogue, Italy (October 1994).

"Trent'Anni di Moda e Immagini in Vogue: 1964-1994", Vogue, Italy (October 1994).


1993

David Walker, "Notoriously Herb Ritts", Photo District News (January 1993).

Chris Waddington, "Life Through The Lens", The Times-Picayune (May 14, 1993).

Marion Tolmie and Gene Bourke, "Herb Ritts", black+white, Australia (June 1993).

"Lady Killers", Elle Belgium (September 1993).

"Herb Ritts", Photo, France (November 1993).

Catherine Rozmiarek, "Herb Ritts", Photo, France (December 1993).

"Die Leserwahl 1992", Playboy, Germany (February 2, 1993).

"Herb Ritts: Notorious", Studio Voice, Japan (January 1993).

"Lady Killers", Elle, Holland (September 1993).

Roger Tredre, "Putting on the Ritts (at 90,000 British Sterling a Day)", The Independent, UK (June 5, 1993).

John Gaskell, "Supermodels Turn Pirelli Full Circle", The Sunday Telegraph, UK (June 6, 1993).

"Herb Ritts", British Journal of Photography, UK (June 24, 1993).

Iain R. Webb, "Putting on the Ritts", The Times, UK (June 28, 1993).


1992

Evelyn Roth, "Herb Ritts", American Photo (January/February 1992).

Charles Hagen, "Recording That Elusive Quality Known As Style", New York Times (April 17, 1992).

"Herb Ritts Celebrates Camden", The Center for Creative Imaging (May 9, 1992).

Philip Berger, "Walking the Line wih Herb Ritts and Joe Z.", Windy City Times (July 2, 1992).

Stuart Elliott, "Media Business: Advertising: Levi's Tow New Campaigns Aim at Who Fits the Jeans", New York Times (July 27, 1992).

"Notorious", Interview (September 1992).

"The Interview: Herb Ritts", The Magazine (November 1992).

"Herb Ritts: Portraits", Rolling Stone (November 12, 1992).

John Villani, "Notorious Vision: The Photography of Herb Ritts", Pasatiempo (November 20-26, 1992).

Vicki Goldberg, "Fixated on Famous People", New York Times (November 22, 1992).

David Staton, "The Permanence of Personality", Albuquerque Journal (November 22, 1992).

"Herb Ritts: Un Hymne a la Tendresse Virile", Photo, France (March 1992).

Edward Lawson, "Herb Ritts: Le Chouchou de Hollywood", Madame Figaro, France (December 5, 1992).

Michael Hopp, "Der Mann mit dem Ausrufezeichen", Manner Vogue, Germany (June 1992).

Jan-Philipp Sendker, "Menschen, Masken, Mythen", Stern, Germany (December 21, 1992).

Dylan Jones, "Big Shot: The Photographs of Herb Ritts", Observer Magazine, UK (1992).


1991

"Infinity Awards", International Center of Photography - Annual Report (1991).

Sylvia Rubin, "Photography's Mr. Nice Guy", San Francisco Examiner (May 15, 1991).

David Bonetti, "Frozen Idols: The Master-Race Eroticism of Herb Ritts", San Francisco Examiner (May 19, 1991).

Simone Ellis, "Puttin' on the Ritts", Pasatiempo (June 28 - July 4, 1991).

Jean-Jacques Naudet, "Herb Ritts", Photo, France (March 1991).

"Cahors: Le Printemps de la Photo", Photo, France (June 1991).

Laura Leonelli, "Principe della Foto", Vanity Fair, Italy (June 1991).

"Duo: Herb Ritts", Studio Voice, Japan (November 1991).

T. Sasitharn, "Herb Ritts Review", Singapore News, Singapore (January 1991).

Joana Bonet, "Ritts, Meisel y Ellen von Unwerth Imponen el Realismo Amplificado en la Foto de Moda", El Pais, Spain (November 24, 1991).

Peter Sheridan & Richard Lay, "This is the Only Man Liz Taylor Trusts to Put Her in the Picture", Daily Mail, UK (October 18, 1991).


1990

Barbara Isenberg, "Picture Herb Ritts as the King of Lenses", Los Angeles Times (February 11, 1990).

Barbara Isenberg, "A Photographic Frenzy in the Art World", Los Angeles Times (February 11, 1990).

Barbara Isenberg, "Shots of Celebrities Help Ritts Click in Photo World", Star Tribune (March 5, 1990).

"Indecent Exposure? A Photo Essay of Censored Art", Exposure (April/May 1990).

"The Gap", American Photo (July/August 1990).

"The World's Best Photographs 1980-1990", Life Magazine (Winter 1990).

Allan Parachini, "Year of the Censor", American Photo (November/December 1990).

Christopher Loudon, "Puttin' on the Ritts", Where/Toronto Magazine, Canada (December, 1990).

David Livingstone, "Subjects at the Centre", The Globe and Mail, Canada (December 6, 1990).

Bernadette Mora, "Herb Ritts Shoots the Famous and Beautiful", The Toronto Star, Canada (December 6, 1990).

Katharina Zimmer, "Nackt Sein ist Mehr als Man Sieht", Stern, Germany (January 25-31, 1990).

Carlo Pizzati, "Donne Nell'Obiettivo di Herb Ritts", Il Venerdi, Italy (May 18, 1990).

"Herb Ritts", Esquire, Japan (August 1990).

"Herb Ritts", Slitz, Sweden (February/March 1990).

Hasse Persson, "Hans Bilder Saljer Bade Stjarnor och Jeans", Video & Foto, Sweden (March 1990).

"Body Shots", The Correspondent Magazine, UK (January 21, 1990).

"Ritts", Blitz, UK: (February 1990).

Peter Conrad, "The Perfect Body", Observer, UK (February 4, 1990).

Paul Mather, "Putting on the Ritts", Evening Standard, UK (February 7, 1990).


1989

"Ritts Does Crackerjack Job", Los Angeles Herald Examiner (1989).

"Herb Ritts", Zoom (1989).

Ann Trebbe, "Herb Ritts Focuses in on All the Real Hot Shots", USA Today (January 4, 1989).

Beth Ann Krier, "Hot Shots: Top Photographers Rival Star Clients in Celebrity Status", Los Angeles Times (March 31, 1989).

Joan Agajanian Quinn, "Birthday Party, Herb Ritts-style", Los Angeles Herald Examiner (August 15, 1989).

Anne Crawford, "Out With the In Crowd", L.A. Style (October 1989).

Bob Sipchen, "Rolling Stone's Hottest Shots", Los Angeles Times (October 11, 1989).

David Talbot, "A Celebrity Sell", Interview (December 1989).

Christian Walker, "Ritts, Haring Feel the Lure of Physical Graffiti", The Atlanta Journal and Constitution (December 1, 1989).

Jill Spaulding, "Ritts", Vogue Australia (August 1989).

Begnadete Korper, "Alles Hat Seinen Preis", Wiener, Austria (December 12, 1989).

Shuhei Takahashi, "Herb Ritts: The Pioneers of New Photography", Commercial Photo, Japan (January 1989).

"Herb Ritts", Japan Photo Contest, Japan (January 1989).

Shuhei Takaha, "The Rise and Rise of Herb Ritts", Esquire, Japan (February 1989).

"Herb Ritts", Marie Claire, Japan (February 1989).


1988

Kevin Sessums, "Developing An Image: Herb Ritts at Work", 7 Days (October 1988).

James Truman, "Close Ups - Three Contemporary Masters of the Camera Photograph Their Own Home", House & Garden (June 1988).

Richard Gere, "Pictures by Herb Ritts", Rolling Stone (August 11, 1988).

Catherine Calhoun, "Stick to Glossies", New York Press (October 21, 1988).

George Christy, "The Great Life", Hollywood Reporter (October 21, 1988).

"Night at the Ritts", Los Angeles Herald Examiner (October 24, 1988).

Susan Latempa, "Herb Ritts and Famous", L.A. Style (November 1988).

Suvan Geer, "Gallery Review", Los Angeles Times (November 11, 1988).

David Colker, "Ban in Japan: Nudity Rules Anger U.S. Artists", Los Angeles Times (November 24, 1988).

Martin Gardlin, "Herb Ritts & Friends", Photo District News (December 1988).

"Photo Synthesis", L.A. Style (December 1988).

Massimo Di Forti, "Il Barracuda Delle 5e Strada", Il Messagero, Italy (October 24, 1988).

Liz Jobey, "The Big Easy", Vogue, UK (September 1988).

"Putting on the Ritts", Observer Magazine, UK (December 4, 1988).


1987

David Fahey, "Interview with Herb Ritts", Collector's Photography (April 1987).

Curt Sanburn, "The Idol Maker", American Photographer (August 1987).

"Madonna Inedite Herb Ritts", Photo, France (June 1987).

Michel Rebichon, "Herb Ritts Clins D'Oeil", Studio Photo, France (December 1987).


1986

"SDIDA", Photo, Italy (February 1986).


1985

Kurt Kilgus, "That Old Black-and-White Magic", Vanity Fair (August 1985).

Tom Johnson, "New Glamour for Old", Photo District News (November 1985).


1981

Frederic W. Rosen, "Puttin' on the Ritz", Studio Photography (August 1981).


 
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