# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herb-ritts
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:28:06.498Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herb-ritts"
name: "Herb Ritts"
slug: "herb-ritts"
description: "Herbert Ritts Jr. was an American fashion photographer and music video director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black and white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture, which emphasized the human shape."
tagline: "American photographer (1952–2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Herb_Ritts.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1952-08-13"
deathDate: "2002-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.813804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/herbritts/"
    handle:    "herbritts"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728851/"
    handle:    "nm0728851"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.herbritts.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هيرب ريتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ritts"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ritts"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "هرب ریتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ritts"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A1"
    title: "הרב ריטס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ritts"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%84"
    title: "ハーブ・リッツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbs_Ritss"
    title: "Herbs Ritss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ritts"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ritts"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ritts"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ritts"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ritts"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%86%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1"
    title: "Ритц, Херб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ritts"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b95e0772-551e-4ad0-b5af-29da6330eec7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384866"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1233671"
    title: "Herb Ritts"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump