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Subject: [Leica] Annie Who? A.k.a. Annie What?
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Fri Jan 5 12:15:33 2007

I know the illness well. :-)


On 1/5/07 1:54 PM, "Bob Shaw" <rsphotoimages@comcast.net> wrote:

> Um, Oh, Ok...I get it.
> 
> (remember?  Bob in SEATTLE?  haven't had my 4th triple cap with no foam
> and a light dusting of espresso grounds so of course I missed your
> flawless exhibition of rapier-like wit......)
> 
> Also, the IV from my coffee maker at home needs to be flushed - drip
> rate is too slow to keep me awake..
> 
> Bob (with smiles from Seattle...)
> 
> 
> On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:48, B. D. Colen wrote:
> 
> Sarcasm, Bob - familiar with the term? :-) Buzz was, I'm quite sure,
> making
> a statement - or echoing mine. ;-)
> 
> 
> On 1/5/07 1:33 PM, "Bob Shaw" <rsphotoimages@comcast.net> 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
>> 
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