{"product_id":"herb-ritts-l-a-style-hardcover","title":"Herb Ritts: L.A. Style - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Crump\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003ePaul Martineau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerb Ritts: L.A. Style\u003c\/i\u003e traces the life and career of the iconic photographer through a compelling selection of renowned, as well as previously unpublished, photographs and two insightful essays. Herb Ritts (1952-2002) was a Los Angeles-based photographer who established an international reputation for distinctive images of fashion models, nudes, and celebrity portraits. During the 1980s and 1990s, Ritts was sought out by leading fashion designers such as Armani, Gianfranco Ferr , Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Valentino, and Versace, as well as magazine editors from \u003ci\u003eGQ, Interview, Rolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others, to lend glamour to their products and layouts. Largely self-taught, Ritts developed his own style, one that often made use of the California light and landscape and helped to separate his work from his New York-based peers. From the late 1970s until his untimely death from AIDS in 2002, Ritts's ability to create photographs that successfully bridged the gap between art and commerce was not only a testament to the power of his imagination and technical skill, but also marked the synergistic union between art, popular culture, and business that followed in the wake of the Pop Art movement of the 1960s and 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exhibition of the same name will be on view at the Getty Center from April 3 through August 12, 2012; at the Cincinnati Art Museum from October 6 through December 30, 2012; and at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, from February 23 through May 19, 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Martineau is associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePaul Outerbridge: Command Performance\u003c\/i\u003e (Getty Publications, 2009) and \u003ci\u003eStill Life in Photography\u003c\/i\u003e (Getty Publications, 2010). James Crump is chief curator and curator of photography at the Cincinnati Art Museum. In 2007, Crump wrote, produced, and directed the documentary film \u003ci\u003eBlack White + Gray\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring the influential curator and collector Sam Wagstaff and artist Robert Mapplethorpe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 12.2 x 9.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770836189472,"sku":"9781606061008","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/416b023aea6d395205f96a0a9c2c8eda.webp?v=1780379127","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/herb-ritts-l-a-style-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}