Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh pullllleeeeeez....First off, "hate?" Annie Lebovitz? Why would anyone in his or her right mind waste that kind of psychic energy on Annie Lebovitz? Second, "the world is a much different place" because someone took a bunch of slock commercial portraits of famous people? WHAT are you smoking? Third, really went into photography because you thought you could change the world with your pictures? What lead you to think that? And if you really do believe that photography can change the world, how can you possibily suggest that AL's photography can change the world? Weird. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of LEICA-USER@ispwest.com Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:39 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: Re: [Leica] Annie Leibovitz > > The truth is.... she did it. Neither one of us did what she did...oh yes..maybe, quite a number of us could have....but we did not...she did and so I think we should APPRECIATE instead of HATE. She might not have taken pics that WE do but she did hers her own way and the world is a much different place because of them. We should not judge why and how people's sanity is maintained. We will never know how many people left an AL exhibit feeling better about themselves...so...we should just try to take OUR work to a place where we can also be criticised, loved, hated, praised, dragged down on a user group..all that good stuff...I hope we want to change the world with our pics. That is why we all went into photography I hope. "because we wanted the world to be a better place." For all the other folks who bought these expensive pieces of machines to put their d---s into..they can will it to themselves and have their kins put it into their caskets for eternity. > > > Annie Leibovitz was covering the Rock Scene with 35m Nikons and pushed > Tri X long ago. Other's were doing a better job but she did ok. > When she started doing the squares her shots got more interesting. More square. > You know. The formal thing! Concepts! > And she became more famous than most her subjects. > > I like the shot of the great Emma Thompson wrapped up in toilet paper. > I think it is a joke on Annie and a triumph for Emmas long standing > dream of her definition of stupid fame. I think for decades she > dreamed of making an ass of A.L. by getting shot by her wrapped in > toilet paper. I bet it sounded good as an ongoing joke. TP 'd as they > say and this is the season for it. That wish finally came true. > Some get a hand print in the sidewalk. > Emma got TP'd by Annie. > > Some would wish to wear an asbestos suit and light themselves on fire > and strike and interesting pose for Annie. Maybe dive off a building > into a pool. I don't know how many colors you can paint people. She > Got Meryl in a bath tub of Milk how about some nice yellow water and > some stinky talent in it. Its not as if it's not been done and > attracted a lot of attention. I thought of doing myself people with > their cats but lets fact it that's pretty boring compared to what > Annie does. I think we'd need to dress up the cats in funny outfits. > Like super heroes. Hulk Cat. > > Rocky J. Squirrel. > > Mark Rabovitz > > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.rabinergroup.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html