Creator of the most vivid, dreamy and perfect images…Herb Ritts has been a great interpreter of international photography. Ritts helped build the image of celebrities such as Madonna, Michael Jackson or Richard Gere. Slick and dreamlike fashion photographs, where shining Versace dresses and perfect body of models are immersed in an intense and nebulous light. Specifically created for AuditoriumExpo in Rome, “In piena luce” is an exceptional retrospective of Herb Ritts’ images: the most famous as well as others that have never been shown, coming from the Herb Ritts Foundation in Los Angeles. “In piena luce” includes 100 exquisite photographs in different sizes: from the impressive platinum prints, to a series of medium-size gelatin silver prints, to the amazing blow-ups. The celebrated portraits, the fashion photographs, his work on the human body, the extraordinary images of California, the outstanding reportage on Africa. The exhibition, produced by Fondazione Forma and the Herb Ritts Foundation, runs through March 3, 2014 at the Auditorium Parco Della Musica cultural center in Rome. – Courtesy Fondazione Forma