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 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 RittsAnd what excites me most is the type of public, the fact that the Parisian people have a broader cultural understanding than many Americans do.
Herb RittsActually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman.
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