Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >_______________________________________________ >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 Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049