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Herb Ritts
Sign in to saveAlso known as Herbert Ritts, Herbert "Herb" Ritts Jr.
American photographer (1952–2002)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Herb Ritts is referenced by 250 other articles, and connects out to Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Michael Jackson and Los Angeles.
It is catalogued under topics including 1952 births, 2002 deaths and 20th-century American Jews.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Le Calendrier Pirelli 1994-1999
- Duo
- Herb Ritts - In Piena Luce
- Herb Ritts 1995 Eng Cal
- Herb Ritts' Africa
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known for
- George Michael: The Faith Tour — Self (archive footage)2026
- Finding Faith — Self (archive footage)2026
- The Ellen Show2001
- Diary — Self2000
- Murder in the First — Mike Kelly1995
- Tina Turner: The Girl from Nutbush1993
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1952-08-13
- Active to
- 2002-12-26
americanaméricainphotographephotographerusa
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 9
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Herb+Ritts">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Herbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- GLAAD Media Awards
- Field of work
- portrait photography
- Official website
- www.herbritts.com
Show 9 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Herbert Ritts Jr.
- date of birth
- 1952-08-13
- date of death
- 2002-12-26
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- medical condition
- HIV infection
- nickname
- Herb
- name in native language
- Herb Ritts
Sources (8)
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Connections
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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Michael Jackson
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Los Angeles
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Kyoto
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Madonna
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Jewish people
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International Standard Book Number
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Shakira
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Britney Spears
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pneumonia
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Jennifer Lopez
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IMDb
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Mariah Carey
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HIV
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Tina Turner
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Janet Jackson
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Time
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Richard Gere
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Naomi Campbell
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Steve McQueen
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Categories
1952 births2002 deaths20th-century American Jews20th-century American LGBTQ people20th-century American photographers21st-century American photographersAIDS-related deaths in CaliforniaAmerican album-cover and concert-poster artistsAmerican erotic photographersAmerican fashion photographersAmerican gay artistsAmerican LGBTQ photographersAmerican music video directorsBard College alumniDeaths from pneumonia in CaliforniaGay JewsPeople with HIV/AIDSPhotographers from Los AngelesPhysique photographersUniversity High School (Los Angeles) alumni