Madonna and Herb Ritts
Photographer, Ron Galella
In the late 1970s, the mostly self-taught, Angelino photographer Herb Ritts an impromptu session with his longtime friend Richard Gere, taken at a California gas station, they were widely published and well received. For the next two decades, Ritts distinguished himself from his East Coast counterparts with his clean, minimal aesthetic of Southern California. He also built a portfolio of fashion and celebrity collaborations as well as nudes, often featuring famous athletes and dancers. Before his death in 2002, at the age of 50.
