Herb Ritts. Cindy Crawford, 1988. Image taken for the reportage, "Super Model Cindy Crawford by Super Photographer Herb Ritts," Playboy July 1988 issue. © 2006 Herb Ritts Foundation in the lower left corner of the image. Total dimensions: 40,5 x 33,0 cm on glossy paper. 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, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Philippe Halsman, Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Robert Doisneau, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, Annie Leibovitz, Steve McCurry, among many others.