PHOTOGRAPHER

Herb Ritts

1952 - 2002

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Herbert Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herb Ritts has received more than 701,653 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Herb Ritts is the 47th most popular photographer (up from 69th in 2019), the 3,226th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,480th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Herb Ritts ranks 47 out of 148. Before him are Astrid Kirchherr, Carl Van Vechten, Paul Strand, Josef Sudek, Oliviero Toscani, and Hippolyte Bayard. After him are André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Patrick Demarchelier, Daidō Moriyama, Cecil Beaton, Sophie Calle, and Gustav Klutsis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Herb Ritts ranks 166. Before him are Geraldo Alckmin, Mitch Pileggi, Hugo Broos, Bernard Stiegler, Jung Chang, and David Petraeus. After him are Diane Venora, Ahmed Ouyahia, Sergio Marchionne, Ian Hill, Semyon Bychkov, and David Knopfler. Among people deceased in 2002, Herb Ritts ranks 114. Before him are Joseph Bonanno, Brad Dexter, Joseph Luns, John Cocke, Humaira Begum, and Zaid ibn Shaker. After him are Dudley Moore, David Riesman, Michel Henry, Daniel Gélin, Günter Wand, and Eusebio Tejera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herb Ritts ranks 3,226 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), Joseph Valachi (1904), Edith Head (1897), Jennifer Rush (1960), M. Emmet Walsh (1935), and Ciara (1985). After him are Andrea Dworkin (1946), Jill St. John (1940), Blake Lively (1987), Diane Venora (1952), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), and Rensis Likert (1903).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Herb Ritts ranks 14. Before him are Berenice Abbott (1898), Nan Goldin (1953), Edward Weston (1886), Lewis Hine (1874), Carl Van Vechten (1880), and Paul Strand (1890). After him are William Klein (1928), Ansel Adams (1902), Imogen Cunningham (1883), Wilson Bentley (1865), Helen Levitt (1913), and Berry Berenson (1948).

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