When she was young, she worked for Rolling Stone as their chief photographer. She went on the 1975 Rolling Stones tour and took photos. She wasn't revolutionary - she just happened to land a good position and could do the work.
I would assume when she came on the scene she was doing something revolutionary.
When she was young, she worked for Rolling Stone as their chief photographer. She went on the 1975 Rolling Stones tour and took photos. She wasn't revolutionary - she just happened to land a good position and could do the work.
She is great, often depicting women in a strong feminine presence.
Off coarse some don't like that.
Women make the best photographers.
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Is that a bad photo?
Despite all of the technical flaws... definitely not a bad photo.Is that a bad photo?
When she was young, she worked for Rolling Stone as their chief photographer. She went on the 1975 Rolling Stones tour and took photos. She wasn't revolutionary - she just happened to land a good position and could do the work.
Despite all of the technical flaws... definitely not a bad photo.
She did have the disadvantage of not really knowing much about exposure, at that time.
Her face looks washed out.
Her portrait of Stephen Petronius impresses.Can someone point me to a good photograph by her? Because her images leave me cold.
Look, this isn't how criticism works. I don't have to defend my work while critiquing a public figure. For some reason people get all huffy when one points out flaws in photography but they're fine when someone says they don't like The Rolling Stones or they think that Beethoven's work is bombastic and over the top.
It does when you bring your work into it. "It it was me presenting that as my work I'd be lambasted. Subject is oddly cropped, the colors look cheap and overdone and honestly could have been shot on a 10 year old phone. But Annie shot it so it's amazing. I think time will judge her work and it won't necessarily be flattering."
It's like someone saying of an abstract work, Oh I could have done that. But you didn't. And you have no clue to what went into the work, everything done by the artist before that.
However I am a photographer. I know how to take a photo, I can judge what is quality and what isn't. My blue collar day to day gigging as a working stiff taking photos of strangers can decipher what is and what isn't quality. If I presented a photo like the one of Lizzy to a client, chances are I would not get a call back the next time.
Perhaps your clients want something different than "Lizzy" might have wanted.
I agree with the post above about the nod to Constable, even if the choice of colour palette is not to my taste:
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Constable: "Portrait of a lady, in a red cape and a black hat, a view to a landscape beyond"
A bit of a stretch don't you think? There are similarities but the Queen photo looks like a badly rendered B flick zombie movie.
A bit of a stretch don't you think? There are similarities but the Queen photo looks like a badly rendered B flick zombie movie.
Your opinion, which you are quite entitled to. Not the opinion of others, though. Every artist's work goes through stages, as do other aspects of their life. Taste changes, too. As primarily a commercial photographer (I include editorial for mass-market magazine's as part of the commercial world) Ms Liebowitz needs to reflect the tastes and trends of the time, all the while remaining accessible to the general public. I can't say she has ever really been a trend-setter, her work takes few risks. Her work has moved toward the narrative style and has taken on a bit of a painterly look.
I agree about the "badly rendered" part - but as the internet available versions all seem to be courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, a very old and quite conservative entity, perhaps there are some other issues involved
Perhaps you prefer Chris Levine's photograph from 2004:
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Your opinion, which you are quite entitled to. Not the opinion of others, though. Every artist's work goes through stages, as do other aspects of their life. Taste changes, too. As primarily a commercial photographer (I include editorial for mass-market magazine's as part of the commercial world) Ms Liebowitz needs to reflect the tastes and trends of the time, all the while remaining accessible to the general public. I can't say she has ever really been a trend-setter, her work takes few risks. Her work has moved toward the narrative style and has taken on a bit of a painterly look.
I agree about the "badly rendered" part - but as the internet available versions all seem to be courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, a very old and quite conservative entity, perhaps there are some other issues involved
Perhaps you prefer Chris Levine's photograph from 2004:
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Ms. L doesn't need to do anything. She's a legend in her own right. It very much looks like she's doing what she pleases with her later work. That doesn't always mean its going to be quality.
Oh gosh. Why? Put it on some velvet next to a framed Elvis. I get it that it's from 2004 and this kind of processing was new and cutting edge but sometimes you need to step back and ask yourself if you should rather than could. This looks like it should belong on a Myspace page with some MIDI of Fall Out Boy chirping in the background.
What's wrong with this picture? My wife thinks the diamonds, pearls and fur are great.
"...the aim of the National Portrait Gallery, London is to promote through the medium of portraits the appreciation and understanding of the people who have made and are making British history and culture, and to promote the appreciation and understanding of portraiture in all media."When I was younger I thought the National Portrait Gallery was about great portraits. However, it is about famous people and perhaps where her pictures fit in.
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