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Annie Leibovitz at Work |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: When Night Is Falling
Comments: I find it nice and pleasant to see, however a little disappointing because I expected it to be better. The story is romantic and the acting of the2actresses is great however not enough to develop and to go into the depth of the metaphor of circus&life.To me it's sounds as if something is missing.... |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Annie Leibovitz at Work
Comments: amazing insight and pictures.
the physical quality of the book is the best i have ever seen.
the paper is so durable it is obviously made to be looked at over and over for a lifetime or2or three. |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Xmas gift
Comments: Xms gift for my son, 24, interested in photography. I think he appreciated the book. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: ANNIE LEIVOVITZ AT WORK
Comments: It's a wonderful book. I recomend it for eone who enjoy not only photograph however art in general. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: A Photographer Talks
Comments: Tina Brown, formerly of "Vanity Fair" supposedly once said that Annie Leibovitz was the Barbara Striesand of photography, inferring that the photographer was difficult to work with. I would sooner say that she is another Barbara, Barbara Walters of photography since after forty years in the business, she is now more famous than many of her subjects.
In her latest book Leibovitz writes well about her life as a photographer from her 1st job with the magazine "Rolling Stone" as well as her work at "Vanity Fair" and other magazines. She takes a photograph or photographs for each chapter and then writes about that picture, how it came about, what difficulties were involved, anecdotal information, etc. For example, we learn that after she photographed the naked Keith Haring painted like1of his works (from the chapter entitled "Conceptual Pictures") that they actually went outside where she photographed Keith again on the streets of New York. Ms. Leibovitz covers Nixon's resignation, the O. J. Simpson trial, her time as a photographer for the Rolling Stones, Mikhail Baryshnikov's dance company and of course Comes with chapters on her2almost all famous images, the naked John Lennon embracing the clothed Yoko Ono and the pregnant Demi Moore. My favorite chapter is about Leibovitz's photo session with the Queen of England where she puts to rest the rumor that the Queen stormed out of the shoot. Apparently the photographer found the Queen politely grumpy-- well, she is 80 and was wearing clothing that weighed 75 pounds-- however in the end quite delightful. What I found almost all disconcerting is that Leibovitz-- like practically eone else-- has finally given in to digital photography. For example in3out of the4photographs of the Queen included here the photographer through the wonders of computers has superimposed Elizabeth on a different background. It is obviously a brave new world where even the professionals alter an image to meet their fancy.
Ms. Leibovitz's conclusions are shared by almost all photographers: that there is no such thing usually of a photographer's getting into the soul of a model, that she only has a brief slice of that person's life to work with; therefore,1would get the best, almost all revealing portrait of someone she knows well. It is no coincidence that1of Leibovitz's favorite photographs is1of her mother. And smiles are alalmost all always phony. The photographer says she has reluctantly come to the conclusion that the cliche that the camera loves certain people is true. "I realized when I studied pictures of Marilyn Monroe that it alalmost all did not matter who the photographer was. She took charge. It seemed like she was taking the picture." Leibovitz names Nicole Kidman, Catherine Deneuve and Johnny Depp as other examples of people the camera loves in the chapter entitled "Presence and Charisma."
The funniest photograph in this book has to be Al Sharpton sitting under a hairdryer with his hair in curlers at the PrimaDonna Beauty Care Center.1of the cleverest is that of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon photographed in drag in 1995 for "Vanity Fair's 1st hollywood issue as a trihowevere to their roles in "Some Like It Hot." My least favorite photograph-- from Leibovitz's 1st book I believe-- is that of the seventy-five-year-old writer Robert Penn Warren, whom she convinced to take his shirt off. "I wanted to see under his skin, to see his heart beating, his lungs pumping." Apparently, with the exception of Queen Elizabeth who would not venture outside for a portrait, Ms. Leibovitz is great at getting subjects to do whatever she asks. I do not believe, however, that disrobing an old man lets you see inside him.
I own several of Leibovitz's books of photography; this1certainly is1of my favorites. The photographer will alalmost all convince you that a picture is not worth a thousand words. She writes in a free, conversational style that is almost all seductive and comes across as pretty much ego-free for1whose name and photographs are pretty much household words. She is also free with advice and information-- unlike some famous photographers- for young photographers as she discusses equipment and answers the10almost all-asked questions.
I cannot imagine anyone who would not be fascinated by Leibovitz's latest book.
(I meant to give this book5stars however cannot correct my error after I preview my review.)
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