While I must have seen many photos by Annie Leibovitz, the first time I really know about her, unfortunately, was in reference to her financial troubles. So it was my great pleasure to finally get to know Annie properly through the documentary DVD Life through a lens. The DVD is available form the Calgary Public Library.
Annie broke grounds (and is still breaking new grounds) like no one else. And as with any good and insightful documentary, it is ALWAYS about the people in the doc. The people Annie got to photograph over the years coming on camera and talking about their experiences with Annie.
In one particular touching scene, Yoko Ono talked about a beautiful photo Annie shot of her and John Lennon where a tragic fate was waiting for John only 4-5 hours later.
If there is a secret to good photograph or documentary about people, I suppose is the photographer or documentarian’s willingness to spend time with the subject and then become invisible.
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