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Subject: [Leica] Annie Who? A.k.a. Annie What?
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Fri Jan 5 12:43:50 2007
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Her show recent at the Brooklyn Museum is worth while no matter what one 
may think.
Chris

At 01:33 PM 1/5/2007, you 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
>
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Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist
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