Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sarcasm, Bob - familiar with the term? :-) Buzz was, I'm quite sure, making a statement - or echoing mine. ;-) On 1/5/07 1:33 PM, "Bob Shaw" <rsphotoimages@comcast.net> wrote: > She's genuine Big Time. > > Got her break doing really creative cover art for Rolling Stone, then > on to the glossy fashion mags i.e. Vogue. Lots of high profle and > celeb portraits, some of them extraordinary. > > Not everyone's cup of tea, but neither am I. Bottom line, I admire her > accomplishments and respect her work. Unlike some celeb photogs, she > doesn't seem joined at the hip to any one camera manufacturer or film > size. > > Bob in Seattle > > > On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:12, <buzz.hausner@verizon.net> wrote: > > Gee, never heard of her. > >> From: afterswift@aol.com >> Date: 2007/01/05 Fri PM 12:04:50 CST >> To: lug@leica-users.org >> Subject: [Leica] Annie Liebovitz > >> A few days ago PBS ran a documentary on AL as part of the American >> Masters series. My impression is that she's a 'method' photographer. >> This is, she becomes part of the scene. That worked very well in the >> 60's when she documented the youth revolt set off by the Vietnam War >> and middle class verities. She jumped out of the counterculture mags >> and now she does fancy magazine ad work and portraits of celebrities, >> mostly in studios. She hangs around with Tina Brown who's enthusiastic >> about her ideas. The documentary showed her using Leica M's and Nikon >> SLRs, but not digitals. Unless I missed them among the fast scene >> changes. >> >> Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information