any of you interested in photography may want to catch this tomorrow night (or whenever it airs in your area), this woman is a true genius at her art. i was lucky enough to get to spend several hours with her many years ago (a friend of mine owned a gallery and invited me to meet her as they were setting up her exhibit) i was already a big fan of her work, but i was completely blown away by her as a person. again, she is just brilliant and amazing at what she does.


American Masters: Annie Leibovitz
Airdate: January 3, 2007 at 9 pm
Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is, literally, our most influential woman photographer. She's shot the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious. Her camera has documented the horrors of war - most recently in Sarajevo and Rwanda. Masterful at exposing her photographic subjects, Annie's own life has been private and protected. In this film, she made the decision to bare her artistic process, her personal journey and her delicate balancing of fame and family to the camera - a camera that is being vigilantly pointed by a filmmaker who is her younger sister. From her hectic studio to her idyllic farm, we will experience Annie's current work and the creation of her latest retrospective book; we will face her loses as well as her grand successes.

Cool. I'll definitely check it out. Thanks, B.

she is such a cool lady, i just remembered this, i took her book with me and i've always thought this was one of the coolest autographs. after we chatted a while and as i was leaving, she was about to sign the book, saw a stamp pad on a desk and rubbed her hand all over it, smiled and then did this...



*damn, that was almost 22 23 years ago?!?!?!

thanks for posting this --

if you get the tavis smiley show in your area, there is a rebroadcast of her appearance on wednesday.


peace,
zayne

just a reminder bump...

That was amazing.

I knew of her, but had no idea she photo'd so many legends.
I'm just in awe rite now. And thankful. Very inspiring.

it was a great piece on an amazing woman and artist. as kylie said, awesome and inspiring. even moreso than before. and that's a lot.

awesome showing.

didn't realize until tonight that the famous john and yoko pic was taken just a few hours before john's murder.

currently reading:
http://www.powells.com/authors/leibovitz.html

and:
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archiv...anscript.html#2

peace,
zayne

I just saw one of her exhibits at the DIA and it was amazing! So many famous artists and she photographed so many of them right in their own homes, as she tried to catch them in their natural setting and state as much as possible. I especially loved the pictures of Johnny Cash with Rosanne on their front porch and another with June, shortly before she died.

just saw this tonight on PBS. What a great show and an amazing person...

I've always loved her work. Luckily the program is showing here again Saturday for us idiots who forgot to watch it.

last month i saw her exhibit at the brooklyn museum of art. it was crowded but goooood.

Watched a good part of this last night. I also didn't realize that famous photo of John and Yoko had been taken only hours before his murder. I'm no fan of Yoko, but was moved when she choked up talking about it.

I found her chronicling the death of her partner, Susan Sonntag, particularly poignant. I also found the sniping of other photographers and critics fairly silly and petty. And while a photograph can't encapsulate the whole of someone, it can give clues and insight.

Amazing stuff.

Saw a re-broadcast late last night. She's done some.....no, a helluva lot of remarkable work. Didn't know much , if anything, about the Vogue / Vanity Fair jobs......mostly Rolling Stone. Hats off to Annie. She's chronicled a good portion of late 20th century American cultural history...and has done it so well.