Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leibowitz is no great artist. She's very good at doing those kinds of photos. And she seems to have had the single minded drive to get to the position that she is in..wealthy... so called, hip...famous in the world of commercial art. Commercial art. When we look at her photos, what we mainly see is technique. Who cares, after you see a couple of that sort of thing. A master's technique disappears. The photos in SF are poster size because that's what they're done for...to be posters. Period. Just stop worrying about her and whether her work is good photography or not. Any one of us (more or less) could do that stuff if we were given a hasselblad and a quick lesson in fill flash. I, for one, would not have wanted to spend 30 years doing that sort of thing. Hopefully she is enjoying her work. It's too bad that the public thinks she is some great artist...but hey... the majority of the public ain't got too much smarts anyway. Look who's president of this country. By the way, I also usually equate Ansel Adams photos with posters too. I better stop here. roy gumpel On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 01:32 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Perhaps someone can explain why one should be impressed by, excited by, > moved by Annie Leibovitz's photography. Yes, she is a very competent > promotional portrait artist. Beyond that, I just don't get it. She's > simply someone who was in the right place at the right time and > excelled > a self-promotion. Or am I missing something? > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Oliver > Bryk > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:14 AM > To: Users Group Leica > Subject: [Leica] Annie Leibovitz > > > About a week ago I saw an exhibit, called "Rewarding Lives", of Annie > Leibovitz's portraits in San Francisco. She made these photographs of > well-known persons for an American Express advertising campaign. The > poster-sized prints are displayed in a very well designed display > space. > Annie's work is - to me - entertaining but as Tina and The New York > Times point out, neither spontaneous nor revealing. Among the > celebrities is our governor-elect, bare-chested and chomping a cigar, > astride a white horse. Oliver Bryk > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html