Emily+R.

Annie Leibovitz

The artist I chose to do is Anna-Lou Leibovitz and she was born on October 2, 1949 in Westbury, Connecticut and is still living today. Her family had six children born to Sam and Marilyn Leibovitz. She initially started painting as her main art form but later realized that photography was her passion. This became her primary art form and what she would study for the rest of her career. Her camera is a very important part of her job. The camera takes the shots that become masterpieces. Most of her artwork was taken in color and black and white; there were a variety of photographs. People were her main object in most pictures. She would take pictures of people standing, or sitting and in many other strange poses, but these pictures were works of art that are very well renowned. When she got the job working for the magazine Rolling Stone her career took off. Here she developed a trademark technique, which was the use of bold primary colors and surprising poses. One cover that got a lot of attention was the issue that had a nude John Lennon curled around his fully clothed wife. This photo was taken in Yoko Ono, 1983 and this photo was shot just hours before John’s death. Annie was best known for her photography in magazines because she chose different poses that were not commonly seen on a regular basis. When she began her new career at Vanity Fair magazine, she was doing stunning and often controversial portraits of celebrities. In 1987 Annie earned her first Clio award, which was a great accomplishment for this great photographer. After living on an Israeli Kibbutz for a short time she decided to start a career and pursue her dream of becoming a photographer. This lead to amazing artwork and the great artist we know today.



Image taken from: www.hauteliving.com       Young Love  The title I chose for my piece of art is “Young Love.” I gave it this title because my piece of artwork shows a girl and a boy who are in love but are still too young to know what actual love is. The materials I used to make this picture were a camera and a white backdrop. I made my models pose in different ways so I could capture and portray the photo that I wanted. I am very proud of my work and the photo is everything I wanted it to be. My inspiration came from the artist I chose Annie Leibovitz and her work of art. The picture that inspired me was the one that had a woman in four different poses behind a white backdrop. I liked the way the picture looked and had an idea that it would look cute if I had a boy and girl in different poses and that’s what inspired my picture. The message I wanted to portray was behind this piece of artwork was that was that love is a beautiful thing but can also be very difficult. The emotion in this picture is supposed to be silly and happy. I really enjoyed this project because I really like photography. So this let me express myself doing something that I like. The steps I took to make this photograph were- first I made my white backdrop. Then I chose my models, which were Hanna and Nathaniel, and wanted them to wear the colors black, white, and red. I took many pictures with them in many different poses until I found the ones I wanted. Finally I edited the photograph on the computer and got it the way I wanted it. So this project was very fun and helped me learn more about photography. I am very happy with my final piece of artwork and am glad that it worked out the way I wanted it to. 