Annie Leibovitz- Aritst talk extra credit

I had the pleasure of listening Annie Leibovitz give a presentation at Hendricks Chapel on Wednesday April 28. She was here in honor of her niece Samantha who is a senior in New house. Annie told us about some of her favorite moments in her journey in becoming the famous photographer she is today. She started off with telling us about her trip to Niagara falls with her children, and some of the moments she captured with them. She went on to read from her book, and elaborated on some of her memoirs from there. She told us about how people comment and say how she “makes people do things in front of the camera that they normally would never”. She went on to tell us that there is no “secret” to it with her, she is just herself and makes her subjects feel comfortable in front of the camera. Lastly she told us her favorite picture she has ever taken was that of her mother. She usually never reveals this secret to the public. She described it as her mom was looking through the camera lens at her, rather than posing for the picture.
I really enjoyed listening to Annie Leibovitz speak about her experiences. I felt lucky to have to opportunity to listen to such a famous and successful artist of our time. She is really one of the best photographers of our time. However, I was also hoping to hear a little bit more about her experiences as a photographer. While she told us a lot about her family and more personal work, she also read a lot of her lecture straight out of her book. I was hoping the lecture would be a little more personal, rather than read out of a book. Regardless, I still felt it was beneficial to me and it was a great opportunity hear from such a successful artist.