Louis, got an agent in Chicago and was hired for an Abercrombie Kids campaign with photographer Bruce Weber.

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Then came photographers including Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber and Herb Ritts.

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Bruce Weber, a former longtime assistant to Keady who is now the head coach at Kansas State, was the best man "and flower girl, " Keady said, smiling.

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As arts editor, Kinmonth did sittings with big names like Lord Snowdon and Bruce Weber, but his job sealed two other relationships that have shaped his life since.

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Keady groomed Purdue's Matt Painter and Illinois's Bruce Weber.

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As the creative director at Calvin Klein, he drew notice with provocative black-and-white snapshots by Bruce Weber. (The photographer is also Shahid's Abercrombie collaborator.) One print ad for Obsession fragrance, for instance, featured naked bodies wrapped around one another.

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