Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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