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Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

- Herb Ritts
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The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will be much more appreciative of many images.

Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.

Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow.

I'd go down to the end of my street, to a garage that had a certain feeling about it, or a particular light; I'd take a picture of a friend who needed a head shot. That's how I learned, instead of having school assignments and learning camera techniques.

Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up.

I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they're missing the key element.

What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace.

Once you develop your own style, you know when you're able to give your best. Feeling at home is part of it, and I don't think that's an L.A. thing. It's a matter of the environment and of what affects you.

Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman.

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Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.