Bruce Weber (photographer)

Bruce Weber (Greensburg, 29 marzo 1946) è un fotografo e regista statunitense.

Biografia

Celebre fotografo di moda, specializzato in particolare nel nudo maschile e nell'omoerotismo.
È conosciuto dal grande pubblico per le sue campagne pubblicitarie per Gianni Versace, Umberto Ginocchietti Calvin Klein, Gucci, Neiman Marcus, Abercrombie & Fitch, Pirelli, Louis Vuitton, Estée Lauder, Revlon, Tommy Hilfiger, Elizabeth Arden, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Banana Republic, Chanel, Salvatore Ferragamo e per il suoi lavori su Vogue, Arena Homme, GQ (nel quale, negli anni settanta apparvero i suoi primi lavori), Vanity Fair, Elle, L'Uomo Vogue, Life, Interview, W, Esquire e Rolling Stone. Ha inoltre girato videoclips per i Pet Shop Boys e Chris Isaak, e pubblicato numerosi libri fotografici, sia di nudo che di ritratto. È sposato con la fotografa e produttrice Nan Bush, con cui occasionalmente collabora. Bruce Weber è stato uno dei primi fotografi a scoprire e a lanciare a livello internazionale la supermodella Eva Riccobono.

A member of the Outrigger Canoe Club, photographed down on Hotel Street—a hangout for Navy guys and Marines in old Waikiki, Hawaii, 1982.

Bruce Weber, Butterfly Beach parking lot, Santa Barbara,1982

Bruce Weber (born March 29, 1946) is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone magazines.

Life and work

Weber was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. His fashion photography first appeared in the late 1970s in GQ magazine, where he had frequent cover photos. Nan Bush, his longtime companion and agent, was able to secure a contract with Federated Department Stores to shoot the 1978 Bloomingdales mail catalog. He came to the attention of the general public^{[citation needed]} in the late 1980s and early 1990s with his advertising images for Calvin Klein, and his portrait of the then young actor Richard Gere. His straightforward black-and-white shots, featuring an unclothed heterosexual couple 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 him into the national spotlight.^{[citation needed]} His photograph for Calvin Klein of Olympic athlete Tom Hintnaus in white briefs is an iconic image.^[vague] He photographed the winter 2006 Ralph Lauren Collection.

Some of Weber's other earliest fashion photography appeared in the SoHo Weekly News and featured a spread of men wearing only their underwear. The photos became the center of controversy and Weber was told by some that he would never find work as a fashion photographer again. 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. It’s too risky for them.".
After 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. He directed Let's Get Lost, a 1988 documentary about jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.
Weber's photographs are occasionally in color; however, most are in black and white or toned shades. They are gathered in limited edition books, including A House is Not a Home and Bear Pond, an early work that shows Eric Nies from MTV's The Real World series, among other models.
Weber began collaborating with crooner Chris Isaak in the mid-1980s, photographing Isaak in 1986 for his second album, Chris Isaak. In 1988, Weber photographed a shirtless Isaak in bed for a fashion spread in Rolling Stone. Isaak appeared in Let's Get Lost and Weber has directed a music video for Isaak.
Weber photographed Harry Connick, Jr. for his 1991 album Blue Light, Red Light.

Fashion label

Weber created the fashion label Weberbilt in 2003; his first line, "eat, swim, sex, sleep", went on sale in boutiques in London and Miami Beach, Florida, in 2004.

Sexual assault allegation

In December 2017, model Jason Boyce sued Weber for sexual assault, including inappropriate touching during a 2014 casting session, in New York State Supreme Court. The suit also targets Jason Kanner of Soul Artist Management, which managed Boyce when the assault took place, and Little Bear Inc., the production company operated by Weber's wife, Nan Bush. A second model, Mark Ricketson, came forward in December 2017 alleging similar claims and joined Boyce's lawsuit against Weber.
Weber has denied the allegations, stating to The New York Times that the allegations were "untrue" and that he had "never touched anyone inappropriately".
In January 2018, The New York Times detailed sexual assault allegations by fifteen former and current models against Bruce Weber.

Filmography

Feature films and shorts

Film & Corti

Anno	Titolo	Durata	Cast
1987	Broken Noses	75:00	Andy Minsker
1987	Beauty Brothers (Part I-IV)	12:26	Paul Dillon, Brian Dillon, Tim Dillon, Rodney Harvey, Maya Oloe
1988	Let's Get Lost	119:25	Chet Baker, Chris Isaak, William Claxton, Flea, Lisa Marie, Rodney Harvey
1991	Backyard Movie	8:55
1994	Gentle Giants	14:35
1996	The Teddy Boys of the Edwardian Drape Society	3:45
2000	Chop Suey	94:00	Peter Johnson, Robert Mitchum, Diana Vreeland, Jan-Michael Vincent
2004	A Letter to True	78:00	Julie Christie (Narratore), Marianne Faithfull (Narratore), Dirk Bogarde, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Smith, Tully Jensen
2006	The Legend of True	11:35
	A Tribute To The Delta Society	2:23
	Best Friends	3:44
2007	Wine and Cupcakes	12:10
2008	Looking for Chet, again, in all the familiar places	25:00
	The Boy Artist	9:00
	You Feel Me?	3:36
2009	Liberty City is like Paris to Me	16:00

Music videos

In 1990, Weber directed the music video for the Pet Shop Boys single "Being Boring". He filmed a party with a diverse group of models. The video was filmed in one day by two film crews in a house on Long Island. Content including male and female nudity prevented the video from being played on MTV in the United States. In 1996 he directed the video for the Pet Shop Boys single "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" on location in a Wet 'n' Wild, a water park near Orlando, Florida. In 2002, he again directed a Pet Shop Boys video, for the song "I Get Along" from the album Release. Weber filmed this video on location at his own Little Bear studio in New York City. He also directed the music video for the Chris Isaak song "Blue Spanish Sky".

Year	Song Title	Length	Artist	Album
1988	Everything Happens to Me	3:42	Chet Baker	Let's Get Lost (Soundtrack album)
1990	Being Boring	4:55	Pet Shop Boys	Behaviour
1991	Blue Spanish Sky	4:13	Chris Isaak	Wicked Game
1996	Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)	4:50	Pet Shop Boys	Bilingual
2002	I Get Along	5:46	Pet Shop Boys	Release
2002	Light My Fire	3:44	Will Young	From Now On

Bibliography

Books and monographs

Year	Title	Publisher	Genre
1977	Looking Good: A Guide For Men	Hawthorn Books (U.S.)	by Charles Hicks; all pictures by Bruce Weber
1978	Etre Beau: Un Guide Pour Les Hommes	Guy Authier (France)	French edition of Looking Good: A Guide For Men
1983	Bruce Weber	Twelvetrees Press (U.S.)	First monograph
1983	The Sun and the Shade Florida Photography, 1885–1983	Norton Gallery West Palm Beach (U.S.)	Exhibition catalog for an exhibit curated by Weber
1984	Interview Magazine	Andy Warhol/Interview (U.S.)	Special edition on American Athletes of the 1984 Olympic Games; all pictures by Bruce Weber
1984	Photographs Of Athletes	Olympus Gallery (U.K.)	Published upon the exhibition held in London (U.K.) at the Olympus Gallery
1986	O Rio De Janeiro	Alfred A. Knopf (U.S.)	Monograph
1986	Summer Diary 1986	Condé Nast (Vogue Italia) (Italy)	Special insert of the Italian magazine Per Lui; all pictures by Bruce Weber
1987	The Andy Book	Shotaro Okada (Japan)	Monograph on Andy Minsker, star of Broken Noses
1987	Bruce Weber	Idea Books (Italy)	Catalogue of the exhibition held in Venice, (Italy) at Palazzo Fortuny
1988	Bruce Weber	Alfred A. Knopf (U.S.)	Monograph
1988	Let's Get Lost: A Film Journal	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	Published in conjunction of the feature film Let's Get Lost
1990	Bear Pond	Bulfinch Press (U.S.)	Monograph
	Sam	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	Monograph on Sam Shepard starring Jessica Lange
	Great Contemporary Nudes 1978–1990	C-Two Gallery (Japan)	Published upon the exhibition held in Tokyo. (Box containing three books dedicated to the three participating photographers, Bruce Weber, Robert Mapplethorpe and Herb Ritts.)
1991	Bruce Weber	Fahey Klein Gallery Parco Exposure Gallery (U.S. / Japan)	Published upon the exhibition held in: New York at the Fahey Klein Gallery and in Tokyo at the Parco Exposure Gallery
1991	Calvin Klein Jeans	Condé Nast (Vogue) Calvin Klein (U.S.)	Speciale insert of Vanity Fair, all pictures by Bruce Weber
1992	Hotel Room With A View	Smithsonian Institution (U.S.)	Monograph in the series "Photographers at Work"
1994	Gentle Giants	Bulfinch Press (U.S.)	Monograph dedicated to the Newfoundland dogs
1994	No Valet Parking	Photology (Italy)	published upon the exhibition held in Milan (Italy) at the Galleria Photology
1996	A House Is Not A Home	Bulfinch Press (U.S.)	Monograbhy
1996	You Can Take The Boy Out Of Vietnam But You Can't Take Vietnam Out Of The Boy	Condé Nast (Vogue Italia) (Italy)	Special insert of the Italian magazine L'Uomo Vogue published upon the exhibition Vietnam, Versace, Viaggi, Weber, held in Milan at Palazzo Reale
1997	Branded Youth and Other Stories	Bulfinch Press (U.S.)	Monograph
1997	Pirelli Calendar	Pirelli (Italy)	1998 Calendar, starring: Patricia Arquette • Georgina Grenville • Daryl Hannah • Shalom Harlow • Eva Herzigova • Kirsty Hume • Elaine Irwin Mellencamp • Milla Jovovich •Kiara Kabukuru • Tanga Moreau • Carolyn Murphy • Rachel Roberts • Stella Tennant and B.B. King • Bono • Paul Cadmus • Francesco Clemente • Kris Kristofferson • John Malkovich • Ewan McGregor • Dermot Mulroney • Dan O'Brien • Sonny Rollins • Kelly Slater • Fred Ward
1999	The Chop Suey Club	Arena Editions (U.S.)	Monograph on Peter Johnson
2000	Shufly	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	Monograph
2001	Roadside America	TeNeues Publishing Stern Portfolio (Germany)	Monograph No. 22 of the "Stern Portfolio" series
2001	All-American	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	1st book of the "All-American" series
2002	All-American II Short Stories	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	2nd book of the "All-American" series
2002	Pirelli Calendar	Pirelli (Italy)	2003 Calendar, starring: Alessandra Ambrosio • Mariacarla Boscono • Sophie Dahl • Yamila Diaz-Rahi • Isabeli Fontana • Bridget Hall • Filippa Hamilton • Heidi Klum • Karolína Kurková • Jessica Miller • Sienna Miller • Rana Raslan • Eva Riccobono • Lisa Seiffert • Valentina Stilla • Natalia Vodianova and Marcelo Boldrini • Stéphane Ferrara • Tomasino Ganesh • Alessandro Gassman • Jak Krauszer • Ajay Lamas • Richie Lamontagne • Enrico Lo Verso • Davide Battista • Massimo Boninsegna • Giuseppe Conte • Luca di Marino • Pasquale Malzone • Raffaele Marciano • Alberto Perini • Serafino Roncacè
2003	All-American III Family Album	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	3rd book of the "All-American" series
	Hope: A Letter To True	Condé Nast (Vogue Italia) (Italy)	Special insert of the Italian magazine L'Uomo Vogue
	Thank Your Lucky Stars: John R. Hamilton	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	A behind the scenes look at Hollywood celebrity by Hollywood photography veteran, John R. Hamilton. Forward by Peter Bogdanovich
2004	All-American IV Otherworldy	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	4th book of the "All-American" series
2005	Blood Sweat And Tears: Or How I Stopped Worrying And Learned to Love Fashion	TeNeues Publishing (Germany)	Monograph
	Home Is Where The Heart Is	TeNeues Publishing Stern Portfolio (Germany)	Monograph Nr. 38 of the "Stern Portfolio" series
	Filmography	CK Entertainment Company (Japan)	published upon the exhibition held in Tokyo at the Original True Gallery
	All-American VI Is Love Enough?	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	5th book of the "All-American" series
2006	Sex And Words	Visionaire (U.S.)	Monograph
	All-American VI Larger Than life	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	6th book of the "All-American" series
	Kate Moss Is The Girl That Got Away	Condé Nast (Vogue Paris) (France)	Speciale insert of the French magazine Vogue Hommes International on Kate Moss
2007	All-American VII 'Til I Get It Right	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	7th book of the "All-American" series
2008	All-American VIII Nature's Way	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	8th book of the "All-American" series
2009	Roberto Bolle An Athlete In Tights	TeNeues Publishing (Germany)	Monograph on Roberto Bolle
	Cartier I Love You	TeNeues Publishing (Germany)	Monograph on Cartier
	All-American IX A Near-Perfect World	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	9th book of the "All-American" series
2010	Standing Tall: Portraits of the Haitian Community in Miami, 2003–2010	Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (U.S.)	published on the exhibition held in Miami at the Museum of Contemporary Art
2010	All-American X Written In The Stars	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	10th book of the "All-American" series
2011	All-American XI Just Life	Little Bear Press (U.S.)	11th book of the "All-American" series
2012	All-American XII A Book Of Lessons	TeNeues Publishing (Germany)	12th book of the "All-American" series
2013	All-American XIII Born Ready	TeNeues Publishing (Germany)	13th book of the "All-American" series

Other books

Rolling Stone: The Photographs, Simon & Schuster Editions (1989), pp. ??-??
Pictures Of Peace, Alfred A. Knopf (1991), pp. ??-??
Bruce Hainley and David Rimanelli, Shock of the Newfoundland: Bruce Weber's canine camera, "Artforum International 33" (April 1995), pp. 78–81.
Il Tempo E La Moda, Skira; Exhibition Catalogue: "Biennale Firenze" (1996), pp. ??-??
Gianni Versace, Rock and Royalty, Abbeville Press (Febbraio 1997), pp. ??-??
David Leddick, The Male Nude, New York: Taschen (1998), pp. ??-??
Pirelli Calendar 1964–2004, Rizzoli (2004), pp. ??-??
Heel To Heal (2004), pp. ??-??
Paintings of New York, 1800–1950 (2005), pp. ??-??
Monica Bellucci, Rizzoli (2010), pp. ??-??
Kate Moss, Rizzoli (2012), pp. ??-??

Bruce Weber, Andrew Wyeth, 1983

Bruce Weber, Brittany in the Woods, 1984

Bruce Weber, Luiza in bed, Rio, 1986

Bruce Weber, Calvin Klein Campaign, 1986

Bruce Weber, Madonna, 1986

Bruce Weber, Chet Baker for "Let's Get Lost", 1988

Bruce Weber, Naomi Campbell, 1990s

Bruce Weber, Christy Turlington for Vogue UK, February 1992

Bruce Weber, Christina Ricci, 1994

Bruce Weber, Iman and David Bowie, 1995

Bruce Weber, Couple for Pirelli Calendar, 1998

Bruce Weber, Kate Moss, 2000

Bruce Weber, Francesco Clemente, 2000s

Bruce Weber, Sean Penn, 2008

Bruce Weber, James Franco, 2010s

Bruce Weber, Abercrombie & Fitch Campaign, 2011

Photo Bruce Weber 2011

Bruce Weber, Keith Richards and Patti Hansen, 2012

Bruce Weber, Marlon Teixeira, 2012

Bruce Weber, Ian McKellen fro Vogue L'Uomo, November 1999

Bruce Weber, Mariacarla Boscono

Bruce Weber, Nelson Mandela

Bruce Weber and the Petcha Kutcha

MONDO Vogue: non commissioneremo più le loro opere Modelli accusano i fotografi Mario Testino e Bruce Weber di molestie sessuali Le accuse sono state rese note dal New York Times

14 gennaio 2018 I fotografi di moda Mario Testino e Bruce Weber sono stati accusati di abusi sessuali e, di conseguenza, la loro collaborazione con la Condé Nast (casa editrice che pubblica Vogue) è stata interrotta. Il peruviano Testino, 63 anni, è uno dei più apprezzati fotografi di moda. Le sue immagini della tennista Serena Williams mamma appaiono sul numero di febbraio di Vogue, reso noto questa settimana. Diversi modelli ed ex assistenti - secondo il New York Times - l'hanno accusato di aver avuto comportamenti sessuali sempre più aggressivi. "Era un predatore sessuale", ha detto Ryan Locke, un modello famoso nella seconda metà degli anni '90. Locke ha raccontato che, durante una seduta fotografica, Testino ha chiesto al suo team di lasciare la stanza e gli è salito addosso, sul letto. "Io sono la ragazza, tu il ragazzo", avrebbe detto al modello, che sostiene di aver lasciato la stanza. Un ex assistente del fotografo, Hugo Tillman, ha evocato un'esperienza simile, mentre un altro, Roman Barrett, l'ha accusato di avergli toccato la gamba e di essersi masturbato davanti a lui. "Gli abusi sessuali erano una realtà costante", ha dichiarato. Mario Testino non ha risposto alle richieste di commento. Secondo lo stesso articolo del NYT, 15 modelli hanno anche accusato Weber di abusi sessuali. "Siamo profondamente infastiditi da queste accuse e le prendiamo molto seriamente", hanno detto il numero uno di Condé Nast Bob Sauerberg e la direttrice di Vogue Anna Wintour in un comunicato congiunto. "Alla luce di queste accuse, non commissioneremo più alcun nuovo lavoro a Bruce Weber o Mario Testino in un futuro prevedibile". La compagnia ha inoltre annunciato di aver iniziato a formulare un codice di condotta per proteggere i modelli dagli abusi sessuali a ottobre.