I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of art opened up certain things to me, made me see. It intrigued me.
Herb RittsBeing an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.
Herb RittsToday a lot of things are so celebrity-oriented; it's only because it's celebrity and the photograph is lost. To me it's important to have an image that is a photograph first, not about necessarily who that person is.
Herb RittsI abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or monumental places.
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