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Contemperary photography today. Learning how to see the world through someone
else’s eyes is a hard thing to do. Many artists have ...
Submitted by idiot_filter321 on April 22, 2007
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Learning how to see the world through someone else’s eyes is a hard thing to do. Many artists have struggled with the challenge and few have risen to the occasion of doing so. Contemporary photographers are concerned with taking photograph’s that reflect the social and political aspects of today’s society. They do this using their own individual styles to reflect the feelings and emotions of the subject, whether it be human or nature itself.
Annie Leibovitz is influenced by her subjects. She brings out the parts of celebrities personalities that are never shown to the general public. By spending a few days learning and researching about her subject’s life, then spending a day or two with her actual subject, she becomes more comfortable with the person she is photographing and them with her. By doing this she is able to accurately portray their true person. In her photo of Meryl Streep we can clearly see that it was influenced by Meryls’ own personality. Annie describes her experience working with Meryl Streep in an interview with Scholastic Art “She was just becoming a big star…they were photographing her all the time and she couldn’t deal with it….When she came to my studio, she said she didn’t want to be anybody, all she was was an actress. I had some clown’s makeup, so I said, ‘Be no one, let’s try the whiteface.’ That’s when she started to pull her cheeks out. It’s great when that stuff happens.” (Behind the Mask 2007). Annie was influenced by Meryl’s personality, because Meryl wanted to be “no one” which allowed Meryl to let her personality shine through, even though she was wearing a mask. This further allowed Annie leibovitz to capture a true representation of her subject. In her portrait of Bruce Springsteen, the suspended figure of rock musician in concert is dramatic by itself. When Annie Leibovitz places him in front of a closely cropped American flag however, it offers a statement on the singers’ frequently politically charged lyrics....
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