Annie Leibovitz was born on October 2nd in 1949 in Connecticut. Her
father an Air Force Lieutenant, Sam and his wife a modern dance
instructor Marilyn had six children. Annie was enrolled at San Fransisco
Art Institute in 1967. She enrolled to study painting however she fell
in love with photography.
She lived in an Israeli Kibbutz for a short while then returned to the U.S. in 1970 and applied to work for the Rolling Stones,
an up-and-coming rock music magazine at the time. Jann Wenner was
impressed with her portfolio and hired her onto staff as a photographer.
in a short span of two years she was promoted to Chief
Photographer.Because of this promotion she was able to travel with the
Rolling Stones band in 1975 on their international tour.
While
working at the magazine she found her trademark of weird poses and bold
colors. Wenner has awarded Leibovitz for creating many covers
collector's items including an odd picture of John Lennon nude cuddling
with his fully clothed wife. This photo was taken just before he was
shot.
Since then she has done many more shoots and
taken many more pictures and started working with Vanity Fair. She
continues her life long dream to this day at age 63.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Best of the Years (Found Faces)
Found Face Story
Blair Howard |
The
shrieks of children echoed in the background. The night of the hallows
had arrived and Blair Howard had began his job scaring children just
looking for the sweetness in the night. He was always a shy and quiet
one but Blair just seeked happiness yet received slight satisfaction
from terrifying little ones. He had never experienced any other emotions
other than sadness and the fear he caused. Blair was always searching
for his family yet always failed. He lost them quite recently in fact
and was convinced that they had been put on another window somewhere and were
looking for him. Just as they detective family of the Howards always do.
Four
hours had past since the first children and he became bored of the same
drill for each set of youngin’s. Blair began singing songs of terror.
He sang often only to past the time. A small child saw him singing and
looked with eyes of greed. Looking both ways, as if he was crossing the
street, grabbed Blair and yanked him from his what seemed like a safe
perch. The kid skipped off with his new jewel as if nothing had
happened. Blair had been stuck to the inside of the devilish kids candy
pail, which was shaped like a jack o'lantern, and was ripped away from
his home. Each hour the pail would fill with another inches of sweets.
Soon the candy was covering Blair’s face and it had been hard to breath.
The evil child took notice of the fact that Blair was taking up space
in his bucket so he tore him from the wall and threw him over his
shoulder and continued on his mission that would end with an expensive
dentist bill.
Days
past and Blair lay in his exacted spot. These days become months until
it was spring time. A woman with curly red hair who was slightly
overweight with her witch earrings and purple and black striped shirt
had noticed Blair on the pavement. She picked him up and Blair readied
himself for another destination such as a trash bin and he didn't care.
He was ripped from his home and was in an unfamiliar and unpleasant
place and just wanted his life to be over. But he had found his hidden talent during the long months and new he couldn't quit.
The
lady had actually not thrown him away but took him to her house, washed
him up and placed him on the window. He knew it wasn't halloween any
more but you couldn't tell by the women's house. It was covered head to
toe or in this case roof to basement in Halloween decor. And from his
window his window he was able to see three structures just like him
across the house on the other window. He had figured it wasn't anyone he
knew until he heard a familiar calling of his mother saying his name.
RECAP:
Name: Blair Howard
Family: Lost until the end
Occupation: Detective
Past Time: Singing
Hidden Talent: Courage.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Compostion of the Years (best photos)
Composition by Smith
Vertical Lines
Converging Lines
Diagonal Lines
Filling the Frame
Framing
Point of View
Rule Of Thirds
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