Herb Ritt's

Ive had a really interesting experience with Herb Ritt's work. He was the last photographer I researched but little did I know I new him already. I have a roladex in my head of images that I remember from my childhood. The supermodel's of the 90's, Album covers and music video's. About a year ago in particular I took a photograph of myself using my phone and a basic editing app. I was listening to Michael Jackson's In the closet video and remember the music video being Light focused.  It was one of those mid afternoons in the summer where the sun is at its brightest. I decided to have an impromptu photoshoot (selfies) and used the natural light coming through my hall window. I had know Idea until today that Herb Ritts shot that video or that he shot some of my favourite images using the same natural lighting style in the late eighties and nineties. I am so inspired that I'm going to try this shoot again but with better equipment. His work is so beautiful.

Very bad quality image but a weird synchronicity 

The minute I saw his work I recognised his style! The lighting! Natural warm hard light that fills the whole space creating shadows and moods. The shapes in his photographs and sculpture. You can see his influence through his art. He creates a dance with his models. You can see how he see's his subjects and you can see the love he has for people and beautiful bodies and landscape. He made people beautiful through his images. The way he used natural light was incredible. Its probably my favourite type of lighting and I think his work is an incredible example of that. I absolutely fell in love with his work and with him as an artist. He managed to bring colour to a black and white image and make them interesting by using movement and thats a very hard thing to do.

I am so inspired that I am going to buy my own camera and start experimenting with natural light. I think Lighting is the most important part of photography and he displays this with his work.