annie leibovitz at work

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A new book by Annie Leibovitz is out (at a very reasonable price of $27 on Amazon).

I’m not all that familiar with her work but I believe she’s right up there with Richard Avedon for world renowned portraits. She’s at the top of her game and regular shoots covers for Vanity Fair and Vogue.

A charming interview with her is now up on NPR where she come across very accessible and quite at ease with the level of credibility she’s forged. She even speaks about the criticism that’s been leveled at her work for not really getting to the soul of her subjects. She says that she’s found plenty of interest at the surface. “I don’t think it’s possible [to get the soul] all the time. God, can you imagine you can get the soul every day?”

Thanks for Rob Galbraith’s site for the tip off.