He directed Let's Get Lost, a 1988 documentary about jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. It's too risky for them." Īfter doing photo shoots for and of famous people (many of whom were featured in Andy Warhol's Interview magazine), Weber made short films of teenage boxers ( Broken Noses), his beloved pet dogs, and later, a longer film entitled Chop Suey. This reputation stuck with him, as he says: "I don't really work editorially in a large number of magazines because a lot of magazines don't want my kind of photographs. The photos became the center of controversy and Weber was told by some that he would never find work as a fashion photographer again. Some of Weber's other earliest fashion photography appeared in the SoHo Weekly News and featured a spread of men wearing only their underwear. He photographed the winter 2006 Ralph Lauren Collection.Ī Weber photograph in the background on display at an Abercrombie and Fitch store His photograph for Calvin Klein of Olympic athlete Tom Hintnaus in white briefs is an iconic image. His straightforward black-and-white shots, featuring an unclothed woman and man on a swing facing each other, two clothed men in bed, and model Marcus Schenkenberg barely holding jeans in front of himself in a shower, catapulted them both into the national spotlight. He was first approached by Klein to work on an underwear campaign, and Weber took inspiration from Herbert List's shoot in Santorini. He came to the attention of the general public in the late 1980s and early 1990s with his advertising images for Calvin Klein. Nan Bush, his longtime companion and agent, was able to secure a contract with Federated Department Stores to shoot the 1978 Bloomingdales mail catalog.
His fashion photography first appeared in the late 1970s in GQ magazine, where he had frequent cover photos. Weber was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to a Jewish family. He has made ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, and made work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone magazines. Bruce Weber (born March 29, 1946) is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker.
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