Friday, 12 August 2011

Selection of Photographs by Herb Ritts


Posted: 10 Aug 2011 07:56 PM PDT
artwork: Herb Ritts - Fashion and Transgression - (dijimon with octopus'), Hollywood, 1989 - © herb ritts photography inc.

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Museum announces the acquisition of 69 photographs by famed fashion and celebrity photographer Herb Ritts. Consisting of photographs of nudes, portraits, and images made for high-fashion ad campaigns, this acquisition is the most significant body of the artist's work on the West Coast. The majority of the acquisition comes in the form of a generous gift from the Herb Ritts Foundation. "It's exciting to have so many of Ritts's best photographs become part of our collection," adds Paul Martineau, associate curator in the Department of Photographs. "We are looking forward to displaying them in our galleries next spring for what will be the first significant exhibition on Ritts in over a decade."

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