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Title: Notorious
ISBN: 0821219111
Author:
Herb Ritts
Publicate Date: 1992-11-24
Publish: 1992-11-24
List Price: $125.00
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: I just tell it like it is
I bought this book because I was/(sometimes) am a huge Madonna fan. I got it about 10 years ago it when it was sold through her now-defunct fan club for a lot more than this. I believe I spent roughly 3 times the price of the most expensive book here (I guess I helped pay for Madonna's baby's daddy's spousal support; that was the benefit of belonging to Queen-Madonna's fan club, because heaven knows she would never send an autographed photo or offer decent concert tickets in advance!)
Madonna is on the back cover of this book (MTV 1990 Awards) and many more pictures are included inside; including an unpublished photo of Madonna with her daughter. The book includes lots of other great photos by the late Herb Ritts (he died 5 years ago of A-I-D-S.)
Even though Herb Ritts always had some type of chip on his shoulder, he still managed to take good photos. (I'd love to see an interview/photo of him where he is actually smiling, he always looked so ticked off and acted like everyone should be lucky to be in his presence; kinda like how Madonna behaves, but on a much, much smaller scale.) Herb Ritts totally reminds me of that middle-aged h-o-m-o-s-e-x-u-a-l man who just wants to have a little fun but doesn't know how or can't; because he has some type of debilitating disease. And didn't he look like the type of man who didn't worry about trimming his frontyard? Oh, come on, I know you know the type.
I wasn't crazy about the cover of the book though. As you can see from the picture it's an ultra-close up of someone's mouth. Not just someone, D-list "celebrity," Sandy Bernhard. Who wants to look at this woman's huge lips? They should have put Madonna on the cover. Madonna is light-years more photogenic than Sandy ever was or ever will be for that matter!
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2: Amazing!!!
I have purchased all of Herb Ritts books. He was an amazing visionary. I am a photographer as well, and see him as one of my all time idols. His passing was sad for me. At least we have something to remember him by.
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3: The most complete collection of Herb Ritts' work.
This was the first book by Ritts I ever purchased.I found it to be an amazing collection of portraits of everyone from Madonna and Sean Penn to Pee-Wee Herman. A definite must have for a fan of Herb Ritts' work. He has become my favorite contemporary photographer at the moment.I strongly recommend it.
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