Hollywood photographer Herb Ritts has died. He was 50.
Celebrated for his celebrity portraits, Ritts worked for nearly 25 years on fashion spreads, album covers, music videos and adverts.
Among his best known works are a photograph of singer Madonna wearing Mickey Mouse ears and one of actor Jack Nicholson in full Joker makeup from the Batman film.
Just ten days before his death he had photographed actor Ben Affleck for a Vanity Fair magazine cover.
Ritts died on Thursday at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications caused by pneumonia.
