Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood. — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
When you start out, you're not really aware. I didn't have a sense of photographic history. — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
It's always more comforting to know that in any given corner of any room or any location you're on, you can make… — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman. — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or… — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
Today a lot of things are so celebrity-oriented; it's only because it's celebrity and the photograph is lost. To me it's important… — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film… — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
I'd go down to the end of my street, to a garage that had a certain feeling about it, or a particular… — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
Well, I liked it - that was the main thing. I liked it, but I didn't think of it in terms of… — Herb Ritts Copy Share Image
And what excites me most is the type of public, the fact that the Parisian people have a broader cultural understanding than many Americans… — Herb Ritts Copy Share
Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture,… — Herb Ritts Copy Share
To me it's just going for the moment that counts. Sometimes, I'll have all the elements there, and I like to play and push… — Herb Ritts Copy Share
I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or monumental places. — Herb Ritts Copy Share
What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in… — Herb Ritts Copy Share
For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye. — Herb Ritts Copy Share
The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will… — Herb Ritts Copy Share
I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the… — Herb Ritts Copy Share
I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it… — Herb Ritts Copy Share
Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman. — Herb Ritts Copy Share
Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen. — Herb Ritts Copy Share
I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense. — Herb Ritts Copy Share
