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113 replies on:
Annie Leibovitz Shoots…um…Sears…with um…the “Kardashian Clan”?

  1. Not the kind of positive, inspiring, professional, and motivating post Chase typically publishes. Kind of disappointing.

  2. The only thing “bizarre” to me is the fact that people find this “bizarre”. It’s called “Commercial Photography”. It goes back to Irving Penn’s great quote “Photographing a cake can be art.” Well guess what, photographing the Kardashians can be art too!! Until you all reach the level of success as Leibovitz, stop being to critical.

  3. I seriously don’t know what is bizarre about this. Maybe I don’t know my Annie Leibovitz history all that well (uber famous fashion/celebrity photographer, has a lot of debt), but it seems pretty normal to me.
    This shoot features celebrities and fashion, which is what she is known for. We may not all like the celebrities or the fashion in this shoot, but what does that matter?
    I say take it for what it is a fashion/celebrity photographer doing her job.

  4. The one thing I’ve always appreciated about your writings is that they always seem so inclusive. There’s always been a refreshing lack of pretentiousness to your words and ideas. That’s what makes this post so mystifying to me. Now admittedly, I’m no fan of “celebrities” like the Kardashians – quite the opposite. In my opinion, their ilk represent everything that’s wrong with our culture. Nonetheless, Annie is simply photographing them as part of an advertising campaign, not endorsing their lifestyle, nor attempting to validate their cultural significance. As far as Sears is concerned, many of us actually shop at places like Sears and Target and J. C. Penney. I see no shame in that whatsoever, and I would hope that you don’t either. I’d expect that kind of snobbery from teenage hipster doofuses, but I’d be very surprised and disappointed to find it here. I’m sure we’d all love to be able to choose our projects based solely on artistic merit, but in a capitalistic society, that’s not always possible. That’s why Michael Caine appears in films like Jaws: The Revenge. Obviously this is not going to go down as one of Annie’s great artistic triumphs, but sometimes you just gotta pay the bills. There’s no shame in that either.

    1. Totally agree with Paul. What’s so bizarre about this? If Sears called you and said “Hey, We want you to shoot the Kardashians” would you say no?

    2. I also have to agree with you Paul. The bottom line is, if you took away Sears and The Kardashians, there wouldn’t be anything weird here. The pictures look beautiful, and the work should be judged based on its quality. Leibovitz was simply hired for a job, and she delivered to the best of her ability as any professional should. To conclude, I would like to point out, that another talented photographer by the name of Jeremy Cowart also did a photoshoot with The Kardashians. The pictures are displayed on his site, and I don’t think Cowart is weird for having done that photoshoot. It was a job, he took it, and he did his best, just like Leibovitz.

    3. I agree with Paul, who posted above. I am appalled at the elitism in this discussion. You should all be lucky enough to have your photography seen by as many people as browse a Sears catalog. I don’t care for Sears and I only vaguely know who the Kardashians are, but they obviously sell magazines, and presumably intimate apparel. What a huge audience for the photographer who does that shoot. Go, Annie.

    4. @ paul. i’m trying to call what i see, which is not as you’re describing it here. i tried to be a little more clear below.

      1. “There’s always been a refreshing lack of pretentiousness to your words and ideas.” Really? Maybe it’s time to get back to reading this blog then. Those were the things that drove me away in the first place.

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