Rock, Pop & Rock’n’Roll

From April 24, 2021, Camera Work Gallery in Berlin presents the showcase ‘Music’ with photographs by Herb Ritts. The major solo exhibition comprises over 40 portraits from the unparalleled oeuvre of Herb Ritts – one of the most important fashion, portrait and celebrity photographers in history.

In the course of his more than two-decade-long career, Herb Ritts (1952–2002) collaborated with the world’s most illustrious rock, pop and rock’n roll musicians of the 1980s and 90s – creating numerous iconic portraits of stars such as David Bowie, Tina Turner, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, and many more.

With great sensitivity and a confident visual style, which relied on a strict formality to achieve a sculptural sensuousness, Ritts not only created timeless portraits, but also coined a profoundly influential aesthetic. Many of his portraits became album covers, and still count as milestones in music history to this day.


For further details visit Camera Work Berlin and Herb Ritts Foundation