Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some years ago Annie was in New Orleans shooting Jazz Fest. She had a couple of D1x's on her shoulders most of the time. I know she did use Mamiya's also as she did a Preservation Hall shoot with film, later PS editing a series of 6 photos in 1 shot. I'm sure medium format digital backs have probably replaced film by now. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Shaw" <rsphotoimages@comcast.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Annie Liebovitz > For sure, Annie uses digital. Like us, depends on the shoot. > > Also, in the sound track, I hear her mutter, "...so I had to use > digital..." - or words to that effect. Seemed to have something > to do with shooting conditions. > > Bob in Seattle > > > > > On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:04, afterswift@aol.com wrote: > > 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 > > - > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security > tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos > from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > > _______________________________________________ > 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