āIs he gay?ā asked Madonna. āGay men take good pictures of me.ā When I worked at the PMK PR firm in 1980, every time we signed a new client, Michael Maslansky (the āMā in PMK) used to have them photographed by Herb Ritts. Iām sure this had more than a little to do with Herb being represented by Michaelās wife Marysa, who had a photo agency called Visages, but the photos were always wonderful. I never met Herb until years later when I had my own company and was handling Paul Verhoevenās āThe Fourth Man.ā For an Interview photo, Herb tiptoed me and the filmās Dutch femme fatale, RenĆ©e Soutendijk, up to the roof above the dilapidated structure that sat on the site of what is now the Chelsea Piers. It was obvious that we were trespassing and that made it fun, but you couldnāt help but wonder, āHow much time had he spent prowling around all that broken glass and torn metal, before he found that perfect spot?ā āI have no idea if Herb Ritts is gay, Madonna,ā I said. āBu...