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Best National Advertising Campaign (Print and/or TV) in 2002 for an Established Women's Fragrance for Ralph Lauren Romance Men Netflix's new documentary White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch uncovers the famous clothing brand's journey from just another label to one of the most popular stores in the U.S., while also diving into the clever marketing tactics that pushed it ahead of its competitors. I remember him asking me if I felt it, the energy. I nervously laughed, unsure of what to do or say. He then took my hand from my lap and held it out in front of me, and did the same with his own. He placed his hand under mine and told me that I was going to move his hand around until the energy came to a climax. He began to move his hand in a circle, as I tried to follow. At the “climax,” I would then bring his hand to my body where I felt the energy most. Coburn, Marcia Froelke (December 16, 1987). "BAD BRUCE". chicagotribune.com . Retrieved April 9, 2020.

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), [2] [12] his beloved pet dogs, and later, a longer film entitled Chop Suey. [13] [14] He directed Let's Get Lost, a 1988 documentary about jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. [15] [16] Weber, 76, shot brand campaigns and other types of fashion photography. He first rose to fame for his barely-there Calvin Klein ads that took the fashion industry by storm in the 1980s and 90s. They featured models and celebs like Mark Wahlberg and Kate Moss, according to Vogue France. (Warning: Some ads are NSFW.) Weber has denied the allegations, [26] stating to The New York Times that the allegations were "untrue" and that he had "never touched anyone inappropriately". [27] In a 2002 interview he said, "I've had a lot of great romances. Men and women, I mean I feel like I can fall in love almost every day. I feel sorry for people who don't feel that." [30] He has also earned acclaim for his film making, including Let’s Get Lost (1989), a documentary on jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. Among numerous TV commercials and music videos, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art presented a retrospective of his short films and documentaries in 1998. His most recent documentary, A Letter to True, an anti-war film, opened at the Berlin Film Festival and showed as an official selection at the Tribeca, Toronto, and Edinburgh film festivals in 2004.

Cashdan, Marina (November 17, 2010). "Weber Takes to the Streets in an Exhibition Focusing on Miami's Haitian Community". The Huffington Post . Retrieved June 11, 2013. Ferguson, Michael; Ferguson, Michael S. (2003). Idol Worship: A Shameless Celebration of Male Beauty in the Movies. STARbooks Press. ISBN 978-1-891855-48-1. Weber initially pursued theater at Denison University in Ohio, then turned to film making at New York University. Thanks to Diane Arbus, he was introduced and studied with Lisette Model at The New School for Social Research in the 1960s. He participated in his first group show at The Floating Foundation of Photography in 1973 and had his first solo exhibition at Razor Gallery in New York City a year later. In the late 1970s, Weber began photographing ads and commercials for Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. His photographs have since appeared in Vanity Fair, American Vogue, Interview, Italian Vogue, French Vogue, and GQ, among many others. Bernstein, Jacob; Schneier, Matthew; Friedman, Vanessa (January 13, 2018). "Male Models Say Mario Testino and Bruce Weber Sexually Exploited Them". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved January 22, 2018. I’d heard Weber called a “god” in the industry, a man who could make or break my career. I was a 23-year-old model, with a rough idea of who I was and what I was willing and unwilling to tolerate. I’d met and worked with other famous photographers before, but no one described as a “god.” The pressure was on from the start.

The book was a hit, with one review from 1990 calling Weber "a master of his craft" and "one of the two or three most sought-after photographers in the world." As Weber was completing work on Broken Noses, he met the jazz trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker and began filming him, again with a mind to creating a short film based on their portrait sitting. [20] But filming with Baker continued right through the presentation of Broken Noses in Cannes that year—with Weber ultimately assembling the footage of travel, recording sessions, and interviews into his second feature, Let's Get Lost (1988). The film debuted in Venice (where it won the Cinecritica award) and was subsequently nominated for a Grand Jury Award at Sundance, and for an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. [20] 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 One year later, five male models sued Weber, saying he had sexually assaulted or exploited them, according to T he New York Times. Weber has since denied all accusations. “I have used common breathing exercises and professionally photographed thousands of nude models over my career, but never touched anyone inappropriately,” he said in a statement, the outlet reported. Warren, Lynne (November 15, 2005). Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-20536-2.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". As the documentary mentions, CEO Mike Jeffries chose to work with Weber to create a new, unique brand identity for Abercrombie & Fitch. In the film, insiders explain how Weber's photographs reflected Jeffries' vision of the ideal Abercrombie customer. After a massive tumble in the early 2010s, Abercrombie & Fitch is growing in popularity once again, that's in large part due to a complete rebrand the store initiated after its CEO, Mike Jeffries, stepped down from his role in 2014. Feitelberg, Rosemary (December 4, 2017). "Male model Jason Boyce accuses Bruce Weber of sexual harassment and discrimination". The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 14, 2018.