Herb Ritts, Versace, Veiled Dress, El Mirage, 1990. Woman standing on the beach, with a large piece of black fabric wrapped around her, blowing against her and behind her. 'Copyright 2006 Herb Ritts Foundation' in the upper left corner. Artist's dry stamp in the lower right corner of the image. Total dimensions: 41,5 x 31,5 cm on semi-gloss paper. Fine condition. One of the most influential photographers of the 20th century along with other photographers of his time such as: Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Walter Evans, Alfred Stieglitz, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Cindy Sherman, Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Avedon, Steve McCurry, among many others. During the early 1980s, Ritts became part of a coterie of Los Angeles artists who photographed celebrities for Andy Warhol's Interview magazine. Ritts's antiglamour style of portraiture made celebrities look more natural and allowed them to reveal inner qualities, making them more accessible to their fans. Ritts, who was raised in Brentwood next door to actor Steve McQueen, had a particular ease with celebrities. He knew how to make them feel comfortable and how to cajole them into doing what he wanted them to do. By the late 1980s, Ritts's reputation as a shaper of fame made him a celebrity in his own right, and the iconic status of such pictures as Richard Gere, San Bernardino (1977) and Madonna, Hollywood (1986) made a photograph by Ritts a rite of passage among Hollywood insiders.