Annie Leibovitz
John Lennon - naked and defenceless, lovingly
pressed to the cold Yoko Ono. Chocolate Whoopi Goldberg in a milk bath, or
Bette Midler sprinkled with red roses. Children's bicycle thrown in the street
near fresh blood, very ill Susan Sontag in black sweater, awkwardly and
slightly embarrassing touches her short hair. These and dozens of other
photographs of American photographer Annie Leibovitz is known all over the
world. She unwillingly became the creator of the images of modern history and
culture. Amazingly talented creator.
From the beginning, when I was watching my children
stand mesmerized over Niagara Falls, this project was an exercise in
renewal. It taught me to see again.
– Annie Leibovitz (Compression
may be required (http://www.sjmusart.org/leibovitz-pilgrimage,
no date)
In my opinion, perhaps, her most personal and delicate
book is "Pilgrimage», which was was released recently. This is the only
Leibovitz's series where there are no people, and there are only memories of
people and their belongings, ghosts and shadows. The only dress of Emily
Dickinson which survived, Niagara Falls, Alfred Stieglitz's photo lab, Lincoln's
gloves, and landscapes of the United States and Britain - all part of her new
inner journey, in search of what has always been an inspiration. Something what
responded in the soul and helped to bring back to life after the loss of loved
ones. In her pilgrimage Leibovitz was more close to American photography such
as Walker Evans and Robert Frank.
“I NEEDED to save myself,” says
Annie Leibovitz, explaining what motivated her new book of photographs,
“Pilgrimage.” “I needed to remind myself of what I like to do, what I can do.”
(Dominique Browning, 2011.)
– Annie Leibovitz
Reference:
(Accessed: 22 April 2013)
Dominique Browning, 2011. The New York Times: A Piligrim’s
Progress. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/sunday/annie-leibovitzs-pilgrimage.html?pagewanted=all,
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Accesed: 22 April 2013)
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