HOT SHOT: Naomi Campbell by Herb Ritts

Previously unpublished photo of supermodel Naomi Campbell from the archives of Herb Ritts.

From Nowness.com:

With an instinctive California-bred approach to light, expansive use of natural landscape and sculptural eye, Ritts set the tone for more than two decades of fashion, celebrity and art photography. “I think he had an extraordinary sense of classicism that you don’t often see,” says Ivan Shaw, Photography Director at American Vogue. “At the same time he brought a modernity to it.” With an upcoming exhibition of Ritts’s work at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the release of a new book, his continuing influence on a new generation of photographers is ensured. “People will remember his photography for his eye, his image, for his graphics,” says Charles Churchward, a close friend and former Design Director at Vogue. “It will come back in a strong way and be very influential.”

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MUSE: Lisa Bonet (born November 16, 1967)

Lisa Bonet photographed by Lance Staedler. 

Thursday's child has far to go before she's forgotten

BlackArtistNews | November 16, 2011

Lisa Bonet may have starred on the hit TV sitcom The Cosby Show but in real life she never got with the program. Her personal and professional choices made it very clear that she was not Cosby's kid.  And it was that uncompromising ability to lead an authentic life that made her so cool. Yeah, some wrote her off as a piece of work but Lisa Bonet was actually a beautiful, unapologetic work in progress.

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MUSE: Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944)

Photograph: Skrebneski

Diana Ross is celebrated worldwide for her magnetic talent and presence. The influence of the Motown recording legend permeates the furthest reaches of popular culture -- her  distinct elegance and style are referenced by creative people from singers to music producers, dj's to drag queens, fashion designers to doll manufacturers, makeup artists to photographers and of course visual artists.  With this in mind, BlackArtistNews curated a collection of inspired imagery by visual artists which -- like Miss Ross -- expands racial, gender, geographic and generational boundaries:

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