Annie Leibovitz

Starring:Annie Leibovitz
Studio: Image Entertainment
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Produced in 1993, this documentary depicts the development of Annie Leibovitz's career as a celebrity photographer, which she began after studying painting at the San Francisco Art Institute. Giving up a position as staff photographer at Rolling Stone magazine, she went on tour with Mick Jagger, and the photographs of this period reveal the anguish and torment of being a famous musician. This documentary also emphasizes the artistic and metaphorical nature of her portraits: a naked John Lennon embraces Yoko Ono dressed in black just hours before he was murdered; Clint Eastwood stands, but is bound up by a rope; Whoopee Goldberg is captured in a bathtub with legs, arms, and laughing face protruding out of soapy water. At times the photographer's inspiration comes from the person she is portraying, such as when Keith Haring paints a room and then paints his nude body to match the room. We see footage of how she pursues a shot for the cover of Vanity Fair, setting up her equipment in various locations to take provocative photographs of Demi Moore. A naked Demi Moore is painted with a blue suit, while Leibovitz anxiously waits to take the photographs. Produced for London Weekend Television, this 51-minute-long program contains nudity and explicit language, and also talks about the photographer's drug addiction. Nevertheless, through this gifted photographer's vision we get a sweeping view of the 1970s and '80s in the celebrity worlds of music, acting, and politics. --Anne Barclay Morgan

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

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Through her work for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue, Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years. 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 was vigilantly pointed by a filmmaker who is her younger sister. Features interviews with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tina Brown, Graydon Carter, Rosanne Cash, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Mick Jagger, Bette Midler, Demi Moore, Mark Morris, Yoko Ono, Keith Richards, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patti Smith, Gloria Steinem, Jann Wenner, Anna Wintour, and family members. Life through a Lens reveals a woman who has become as iconic as the people she photographs.

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A look at two people who have changed the face of photography. First, photographer Annie Leibovitz discusses her new book of portraits titled Women, which features an essay by the writer Susan Sontag. Then, Richard Avedon talks about the development of his photography career and shares some of his most groundbreaking work. He also talks about some of his most memorable subjects including Jean Renoir, discusses work on a group of photographs on religion for The New Yorker, and explains what he believes it means to be an artist.

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FOR SUCH A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER, A BETTER VIDEO WOULD HELP...
Rolling Photo Gal
Good documentary of a very talented photographer

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Release Date: 2001-08-07

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Produced in 1993, this documentary depicts the development of Annie Leibovitz's career as a celebrity photographer, which she began after studying painting at the San Francisco Art Institute. Giving up a position as staff photographer at Rolling Stone magazine, she went on tour with Mick Jagger, and the photographs of this period reveal the anguish and torment of being a famous musician. This documentary also emphasizes the artistic and metaphorical nature of her portraits: a naked John Lennon embraces Yoko Ono dressed in black just hours before he was murdered; Clint Eastwood stands, but is bound up by a rope; Whoopee Goldberg is captured in a bathtub with legs, arms, and laughing face protruding out of soapy water. At times the photographer's inspiration comes from the person she is portraying, such as when Keith Haring paints a room and then paints his nude body to match the room. We see footage of how she pursues a shot for the cover of Vanity Fair, setting up her equipment in various locations to take provocative photographs of Demi Moore. A naked Demi Moore is painted with a blue suit, while Leibovitz anxiously waits to take the photographs. Produced for London Weekend Television, this 51-minute-long program contains nudity and explicit language, and also talks about the photographer's drug addiction. Nevertheless, through this gifted photographer's vision we get a sweeping view of the 1970s and '80s in the celebrity worlds of music, acting, and politics. --Anne Barclay Morgan

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letdown.......2006-04-07

I was very disappointed with this dvd. The last reviewer was spot on in their review. If you just want to see and hear some of these celebs talking, then get this dvd, but if you want more insight as to the photos, how they're taken, etc. then don't waste your money on this.

FOR SUCH A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER, A BETTER VIDEO WOULD HELP..........2003-12-14

I have always been a fan of Annie Leibovitz's work. She is such a talented photographer who shapes her portraits in a unique way. As a high school photography teacher, I was very excited to show my students this video, so that they could be inspired to take an untraditional route with their own portraits. This video however, was less than inspiring. Yes, it was very informative and seemed to chronicle the major events in her life, but the video was so dry that my students weren't the only ones bored to tears. While they did show several of her photographs, the majority of the video showed clips of interviews from random people talking about how great Annie is as a person. I guess I felt that I wanted to hear more about the photographs. And while the video did spend a good amount of time recounting her "controversial" photos of Demi Moore pregnant, there wasn't any real discussion as to why her photos were so innovative. Why was a photograph of Keith Harring, nude and covered in paint, significant? How did that emphasize his character? I wanted my students to see that many of these poses were not random decisions but rather based on some quality about the subject that she wanted to exaggerate or play upon. I wanted my students to see how she came up with her ideas. Instead they listed to Annie Leibovitz recount the glory days of using drugs while touring with the Rolling Stones.
My last complaint would have to be the film quality. For a video made in 1993, I felt like I was watching a bad made-for-tv special that had more of a 1982 vibe. It just seemed very dated.
If you are looking for a video that simply recounts the photographers life then perhaps this may be a good video. It did have a lot of information in that regard. But if you want a video that really highlights her work and goes more in depth about those photographs then perhaps you'll have better luck elsewhere. Hope this helps.

Rolling Photo Gal.......2002-02-17

I like pretty much all of Annie Leibovitz's photography, and if you have noticed her work on magazine stands you'll probably enjoy the book too.

Good documentary of a very talented photographer.......2001-08-25

This DVD presents a look at Annie Leibovitz's career, dividing time between her stint at Rolling Stone and later at Vanity Fair. We also get to see glimpses of her early family life, meet her parents and few relatives, and see early influences. An aspiring artist, Annie Leibovitz quickly becomes taken with the immediacy of results in the field of photography. This leads her to apply for a job at the still vibrant Rolling Stone magazine, and being quickly hired.

Various contemporaries such as Jan Wenner, Hunter Thompson and Mick Jagger provide commentary about Annie's time at RS. Jan Wenner speaks of a sometimes tempestous relationship, exacerbated when Leibovitz takes off with the Rolling Stones as the official tour photographer. We get to see a lot of the early work, and what a treat the photos are. If you were a reader of RS at the time you'll remember (however hazily) a lot of these. For myself, growing up in a small town, these defined the 'look' of rock & roll.

Ms. Leibovitz's work at Vanity Fair makes up the latter half of the DVD. Introduced by a somewhat condescending Vanity Fair editor as a chance to do more than photograph 'burnt out rock stars' the Vanity Fair years don't get off to promising start. However the story quickly recovers once the focus is back on the photographs. The Demi Moore photo, naked and pregnant, is given a little more attention than necessary, but that's to be expected given the enormous publicity it generated at the time. Leibovitz's work at Vanity Fair is first rate, but can't really compete with the excitement contained in the photo's from the RS years. To her credit Leibovitz is modest about her job at Vanity Fair, expressing her pleasure for being able work with leading contemporary figures. We get to see the work behind the art during this part of the DVD.

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