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“The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was going to live with this thing, I was going to have to think about what that meant. There were not going to be any pictures without it."
—Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz describes how her pictures were made, starting with Richard Nixon's resignation, a story she covered with Hunter S. Thompson, and ending with Barack Obama's campaign. In between are a Rolling Stones Tour, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, The Blues Brothers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Keith Haring, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Patti Smith, George W. Bush, William S. Burroughs, Kate Moss and Queen Elizabeth. The most celebrated photographer of our time discusses portraiture, reportage, fashion photography, lighting, and digital cameras.
—Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz describes how her pictures were made, starting with Richard Nixon's resignation, a story she covered with Hunter S. Thompson, and ending with Barack Obama's campaign. In between are a Rolling Stones Tour, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, The Blues Brothers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Keith Haring, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Patti Smith, George W. Bush, William S. Burroughs, Kate Moss and Queen Elizabeth. The most celebrated photographer of our time discusses portraiture, reportage, fashion photography, lighting, and digital cameras.
About the Author
Annie Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949, in Waterbury, Connecticut. Her father was a career officer in the Air Force and her childhood was spent on a succession of military bases. While studying painting at the San Francisco Art Institute she took night classes in photography, and in 1970 she began working for Rolling Stone magazine. She became Rolling Stone’s chief photographer in 1973. By the time she left the magazine, ten years later, she had shot one hundred and forty-two covers and published photo essays on scores of stories, including her memorable accounts of the resignation of Richard Nixon and of the 1975 Rolling Stones tour. She joined the staff of Vanity Fair in 1983 and in 1993 also began working for Vogue. In addition to her magazine editorial work, Leibovitz has created influential advertising campaigns for American Express, the Gap, the Milk Board, and Louis Vuitton. She has worked with many arts organizations, including American Ballet Theatre, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Mark Morris Dance Group, and with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Her books include Annie Leibovitz: Photographs (1983), Photographs: Annie Leibovitz, 1970—1990 (1991), Olympic Portraits (1996), Women (1999), American Music (2003), and A Photographer’s Life (2006). Exhibitions of her work have appeared in museums and galleries all over the world, including the National Portrait Gallery and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C.; the International Center of Photography in New York; the Brooklyn Museum; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris; and the National Portrait Gallery in London. Leibovitz has been designated a Living Legend by the Library of Congress and is the recipient of many other honors including the Barnard College Medal of Distinction and the Infinity Award in Applied Photography from the International Center of Photography. She was decorated a Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. She lives in New York with her three children, Sarah, Susan, and Samuelle.
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Biographical Notes, Technical Insights, and Inspiration . . . Portrayed on a Too Small Page,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 109,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (#1 HALL OF FAME)
This review is from: Annie Leibovitz at Work (Hardcover)
Any fan of Annie Leibovitz will want to read and cherish this book. The words and images will mean the most to young people dreaming of having a career in photography who wonder about how she got started. Annie Leibovitz's photography has surrounded and informed us for so long that it has become part of the landscape, perspectives that we employ and too often take for granted. In Annie Leibovitz at Work, she takes us behind the camera a little to understand her motivations, her family, her career, her assignments, her purposes, and how those iconic images were constructed. I enjoyed the book very much but I found that it had two flaws that bothered me: She is a usually little too coy in holding back details that her disclosures make enticing. The page sizes are too small to properly display the images. The print quality is excellent, but you can only do so much when images intended for full magazine pages or portraits are displayed in 3 inch by 5 inch formats. A minor weakness is that some of the images she talks about aren't portrayed (presumably either a space or a permissions problem, but it is disappointing whenever it happens). Here are some of the poignant stories in the book: 1. Taking the last portrait of John Lennon and Yoko Ono before John was murdered. 2. Photographing the Rolling Stones on tour while trying to keep a nervous independence from the parties and the crush of fans at the end of a concert. 3. John Cleese nearly suffocating to get the picture of pretending to be a bat hanging from a tree. 4. Capturing Al Sharpton at the beauty parlor. 5. Arnold Schwarzenegger changing his image through her photographs. 6. The story behind the pregnant cover of Demi Moore. 7. Cindy Sherman wanting to disappear in her portrait. 8. Capturing the war in Sarajevo. 9. The slaughter in Rwanda. 10. Posing OJ during his LA trial. 11. The arrogant photograph of the new White House team in town (December 2001). 12. Philip Johnson and his glass house. 13. Agnes Martin 14. Queen Elizabeth Of the technical details, I was most interested in her descriptions of how she put together multiple shots to appear as one image. Here are some of the many iconic images in the book: Richard Nixon leaving the White House, Washington, D.C., 1974 Hunter S. Thompson and George McGovern, San Francisco, 1972 Tom Wolfe, Florida, 1972 Apollo 17, the last moon shot, Cape Kennedy, Florida, 1972 The Rolling Stones, Philadelphia, 1975 Keith Richards, Toronto, 1977 Mick Jagger, Chicago, 1975 Mick Jagger, Buffalo, New York, 1975 John Lennon, New York City, 1970 John Lennon and Yoko Ono, New York City, December 8, 1980 Tess Gallagher, Syracuse, New York, 1980 Robert Penn Warren, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1980 Bette Midler, New York City, 1979 Meryl Streep, New York City, 1981 The Blues Brothers (Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi), Hollywood, 1979 Steve Martin, Beverly Hills, 1981 Whoopi Goldberg, Berkeley, California 1984 Keith Haring, New York City, 1986 John Cleese, London, 1980 Andrée Putnam, New York City, 1989 William Wegman and Fay Ray, New York City, 1988 Evander Holyfield, New York City, 1992 Willie Shoemaker and Wilt Chamberlain, Malibu, California, 1987 The Reverend Al Sharpton, PrimaDonna Beauty Care Center, Brooklyn, New York, 1988 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Malibu, California, 1988 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sun Valley, Idaho, 1997 Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rob Besserer, Cumberland Island, Georgia, 1990 Mark Morris, Cumberland Island, Georgia, 1990 Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, Paducah, Kentucky, 1988 Demi Moore, Culver City, California 1991 Cindy Sherman, New York City, 1992 Carl Lewis, Pearland, Texas, 1996 Sarajevo, 1993 Soccer Field, Sarajevo, 1993 Blood on a mission-school wall, Rwanda, 1994 Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, Los Angeles, 1995 Patti Smith, New Orleans, 1978 Patti Smith, New York City, 1996 Puff Daddy and Kate Moss, Paris, 1999 Ben Stiller, Paris, 2001 Natalia Vodianova, Stephen Jones, and Christian Lacrois, Paris, 2003 Keira Knightley and Jeff Koons, Goshen, New York, 2005 Kirsten Dunst, Versailles, 2006 Cabinet Room, The White House, Washington, D.C. December 2001 Nicole Kidman, Charleston, East Sussex, England, 1997 Johnny Depp, New York City, 1994 Cate Blanchett, Los Angeles, 2004 Philip Johnson, Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, 2000 William S. Burroughs, Lawrence, Kansas, 1995 Agnes Martin, Taos, New Mexico, 1999 Marilyn Leibovitz, Clifton Point, New York, 1997 Sarah Cameron Leibovitz, New York City, 2002 Susan Sontag, Paris, 2003 Sharon Stone, Angelica Huston, and Diane Lane, Los Angeles, 2006 Kirsten Dunst, Bruce Willis, and James McAvoy, Los Angeles, 2006 Judi Dench and Helen Mirren, Los Angeles, 2006 Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet, New York City, 2006 Jack Nicholson, Los Angeles, 2006 Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London, 2007 (4) Hillary Clinton, New York City, 2003 Take a close look and enjoy!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting yet it left you wanting a bit more insight,
By Paul G (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Annie Leibovitz at Work (Hardcover)
I would call this a picture book mixed in with stories and anecdotes. I appreciated Annie Lebovitzs' imagery prior to this read but, I must say that I came away with a greater appreciation of her process and how she has found her creative vision through the years.
My impression of the artist is that she is very passionate, driven and works tirelessly at her craft. I found this in itself very inspiring as a photographer myself. I was very interested in each story and commentary but, I felt like there was some depth lacking in each explanation and I really wanted more information and wished I could dig deeper. Despite this shortcoming, I would still recommend this for any art lover or creative person.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
More for fans of her work than photographers looking for tips,
By MyxOnSax (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Annie Leibovitz at Work (Hardcover)
I enjoyed reading it but as a photographer I didn't get as much from it as I hoped. As stated by the previous reviewer the pictures are a bit small - especially considering the original printed sizes. I did learn something of her approach but more by reading between the lines than explicit statements. Partly it is because she's an instinctive photographer rather than an intellectual photographer. It's not mentioned in the book but the Miley Cyrus incident shows she tends to shoot first and think later. An enjoyable read if you want to know the stories behind her pictures.
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