Annie Leibovitz Shoots Sears with Kardashians
Is it just me, or is there something dreadfully bizzare just off with this whole thingie?
The Gothamist thinks so.
So seriously, am I off my rocker being sort of suspended in disbelief?
Here’s the behind the scenes video from Elle.com, which was even weirder…
I have never understood all of Ms Liebovitz work. But for that matter that is what draws attention to it. I don’t think so much on terms of her financial status, so i see this as her “trending” with current situations. Perhaps the focus should be on Sears.
Whether you like her work or not I think Annie’s cv more than speaks for itself. Never mind Vanity Fair, have a look at how many Rolling Stone covers she has done…. I am sure most of us envy having such a long and successful career. What campaigns have you been shooting lately folks? Chase?
you always like to inspire discussion, and you have defiantly done that here 🙂 AL has always struck me as a real person, looking to shoot and work and be active as a photographer. Sears or Vanity Fair, it would seem the process for her is the same…shoot celebrity photos which appear in a print magazine, which is exactly what she is doing here…it just so happens that the print magazine is a sears catalog.
But truth be told, aren’t we all doing the same thing as this? we are all looking to shoot and work and have our stuff be visible, weather we are just starting out or established photogs. Would anyone of us turn down a gig that paid us at our standard rate because we thought the subject or shoot was “beneath us”? If the local elks club wanted me to come in and shoot their prime rib buffet night, I would absolutely do that, if they were paying me at my standard hourly rate. I guess i’m a bit of a HOE like that, I work for money, and I don’t judge the job or client because tomorrow I very well could be without work at all. Yes I dream of shooting Coke ads and big prints for the storefront of Williams-Sonoma, but until then I’m more than happy to do the menu photos for “Eds Burger Palace” because its work, and this is my job.
I understand the snobby elitist comments. Many photogs are very egotistical and see themselves as fine artists making great socially relevant images that will change the course of humanity, and thats great…. but i’m a hoe, I do this for money because money buys new cameras, new gear, and helps me to become better at what I love to do…thats take really good photos.
word. dope. fresh. keep it real. 🙂
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven…
I have some seriously mixed feelings about this whole thing.. who knows what the incentive really was for Annie to shoot this though?? We can’t judge without knowing the full story, though I’m having a hard time with it myself! <3