Herb Ritts. Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood, 1989. Five nude women sitting piled together on a wooden floor, arms and legs overlapping and intertwined. Each of the five women: Stephanie Seymour, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz and Naomi Campbell – was a noted muse, friend, and frequent subject of the photographer's fashion and fine art work. The photograph is one of the original images that ushered in the 1990s pop-cultural phenomenon of the supermodel. © 2006 Herb Ritts Foundation in the upper left corner of the image. Total dimensions: 40,5 x 36,5 cm. Matte paper in 250 g/m2. Fine condition (with small imperfections). 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. One of the most influential photographers of the 20th century along with other photographers of his time such as: Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward Steichen, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Walter Evans, Eugene Smith, Philippe Halsman, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Robert Doisneau, Annie Leibovitz, Steve McCurry, among many others.