Herb Ritts Quotes

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• Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.
• Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.
• Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.
• I like form and shape and strength in pictures.
• Each time I did assignments or editorials, I realized that I wanted to do something more. I saw that it wasn't just about the clothes.
• Coming from California and growing up where I did, I've always had a fondness for and innate sensitivity to light, texture, and warmth.
• Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman.
• And what excites me most is the type of public, the fact that the Parisian people have a broader cultural understanding than many Americans do.
• For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.
• I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or monumental places.
• I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't…
• I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of…
• I'd go down to the end of my street, to a garage that had a certain feeling about it, or a particular light; I'd take…
• I'm pretty selective. I generally edit the contact sheets and then do work prints. Because I have my own lab and printers, I can afford…
• Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape…
• The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will be…
• Well, I liked it - that was the main thing. I liked it, but I didn't think of it in terms of a career. I…
• It's important to let your subjects be themselves.
• Many people who excel are self-taught.
• Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up.

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