Once you develop your own style, you kno... by Herb Ritts

Home Feeling photographer black and white fashion photography

Once you develop your own style, you know when you're able to give your best. Feeling at home is part of it, and I don't think that's an L.A. thing. It's a matter of the environment and of what affects you.

- Herb Ritts

Other quotes by Herb Ritts

Eye

For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.

- Herb Ritts

Culture

Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up.

- Herb Ritts

Sense Business

I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense.

- Herb Ritts

People

Many people who excel are self-taught.

- Herb Ritts

Friend Feeling School

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 a picture of a friend who needed a head shot. That's how I learned, instead of having school assignments and learning camera techniques.

- Herb Ritts

Time

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 impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert; he was like a second father.

- Herb Ritts

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