Name:Sophie Reznick
Photography Research Information
Name of Artist: Annie Leibovitz
Dates of Artist’s Life: October 2nd, 1949, to present day
1. Personal Background:
Annie Leibovitz was born in Connecticut. She went to San Francisco Art Institute to originally study painting but there she discovered her passion for photography. Annie Leibovitz is Jewish, she went to Israel to work on a kubbutz for a year before moving back and applying for her first photography job at the magazine “Rolling Stone”. It was there that she became famous and her career blossomed. She toured with the Rolling Stones, photographed many celebrities, including John Lennon hours before he passed away. Leibovitz photographed the summer olympics in Atlanta Georgia and later became the first woman to have an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. She was in a relationship with Sontag for 15 years before her wife passed away and has three children.
2. Style:
Annie Leibovitz is known for her amazing portrait photos. She was known for her bold colors and poses. Her early work was known as controversial at the time but created a more progressive look on photos. She captured people as who they were and often had them pose in what others would consider strange positions. Many of her portraits of woman in later years were acts of justice. She had woman from the Supreme court, coal miners, and farmers.
3. Philosophy:
At the start of her career Leibovitz’s works made people think outside of the normal because of the poses she had people in in her portraits. She later made a statement in a calendar she was editing by having the woman in it mostly clothed and had very few models in it. She published a book later on titled “Woman” which reflects on her attraction towards women and her feelings towards them. Her bold colors and poses were the biggest ideas behind her work because no one had ever taken portraits like that before. She wanted these pictures to provoke an emotion in people.
4. Influences:
I am inspired by her ideas of having her portrait models in unusual positions. Out of all of the assignments done in class the portrait assignment was my favorite. Her bold statements and creative poses inspired me to want to capture people like that as well (not nude though). I also want to capture raw moments to provoke emotions in my work. People have so much beauty inside of them, besides just their exterior looks and Annie Leibovitz was able to capture that. I as well want to capture people’s natural beauty.
5. Sources:
Photography Research Information
Name of Artist: Annie Leibovitz
Dates of Artist’s Life: October 2nd, 1949, to present day
1. Personal Background:
Annie Leibovitz was born in Connecticut. She went to San Francisco Art Institute to originally study painting but there she discovered her passion for photography. Annie Leibovitz is Jewish, she went to Israel to work on a kubbutz for a year before moving back and applying for her first photography job at the magazine “Rolling Stone”. It was there that she became famous and her career blossomed. She toured with the Rolling Stones, photographed many celebrities, including John Lennon hours before he passed away. Leibovitz photographed the summer olympics in Atlanta Georgia and later became the first woman to have an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. She was in a relationship with Sontag for 15 years before her wife passed away and has three children.
2. Style:
Annie Leibovitz is known for her amazing portrait photos. She was known for her bold colors and poses. Her early work was known as controversial at the time but created a more progressive look on photos. She captured people as who they were and often had them pose in what others would consider strange positions. Many of her portraits of woman in later years were acts of justice. She had woman from the Supreme court, coal miners, and farmers.
3. Philosophy:
At the start of her career Leibovitz’s works made people think outside of the normal because of the poses she had people in in her portraits. She later made a statement in a calendar she was editing by having the woman in it mostly clothed and had very few models in it. She published a book later on titled “Woman” which reflects on her attraction towards women and her feelings towards them. Her bold colors and poses were the biggest ideas behind her work because no one had ever taken portraits like that before. She wanted these pictures to provoke an emotion in people.
4. Influences:
I am inspired by her ideas of having her portrait models in unusual positions. Out of all of the assignments done in class the portrait assignment was my favorite. Her bold statements and creative poses inspired me to want to capture people like that as well (not nude though). I also want to capture raw moments to provoke emotions in my work. People have so much beauty inside of them, besides just their exterior looks and Annie Leibovitz was able to capture that. I as well want to capture people’s natural beauty.
5. Sources:
Blues
Belgium
Man With Baby
“Annie Leibovitz.” Annie Leibovitz | Artnet, Artnet, 2018, www.artnet.com/artists/annie-leibovitz/ (pictures)
“Annie Leibovitz.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 8 Jan. 2016, www.biography.com/people/annie-leibovitz-9542372 (information)
“Annie Leibovitz – Portfolio One.” Portfolio One, portfolioone.com/photographers/annie-leibovitz/ (more about style)
“Annie Leibovitz.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 8 Jan. 2016, www.biography.com/people/annie-leibovitz-9542372 (information)
“Annie Leibovitz – Portfolio One.” Portfolio One, portfolioone.com/photographers/annie-leibovitz/ (more about style)
Not So Blue
Dancer
Mother And Child
7. Personal Artist Statement:
In image number one I used a light to put emphasis on the person who is modeling. I had her give a stern expression which gave out the emotion of anger or frustration. In my second image I wanted to use balance between her arm reaching out and her leg reaching out. This was hard to do because unfortunately she is not a dancer, but I was still able to replicate the image. In the third image I wanted to give out an emotion of unity and show that the two people are a mother and her daughter, like the picture it was based off of.