What a glorious treat it was to view the work in her latest show "A Photographer's Life," which I saw over the past weekend in Atlanta. I go in sperts when it comes to other photographers' work. Sorry to say this, but amongst all the brilliant visions out there (and there are many), there is an awful lot of crap to shift through. This show did my heart glad. What a beautiful body of work and it has so much of her within it. It is not just the commercial side of Leibovitz,but her personal work as well. There are large landscapes and snapshot-like photographs of her life with Susan Sontag, her family, and Leibovitz's three children. These are all small and intimate, often done in a series of several images. Her sadness is reflected in the images of the final days she spent with Susan and her father. It is sometimes hard to look at these images without tears, though their heartbreak is subtle.
On a more happy note, there is a set of these small photographs of her posing semi-nude for herself. Fun. Though I did buy the book that went with the exhibition and the image is in there, I decided against scanning it (probably copyright issues there), I figure it would be better to experience it in the real world.
So, thank you Ms. Leibovitz for reminding me what is good photography.
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Here is the schedule of the show:
On view first at the Brooklyn Museum of Art from October 20, 2006 to January 21, 2007, the exhibition travels to the San Diego Museum of Art, February 10 through May 2007; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, May 12 through September 9, 2007; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 13, 2007 through January 13, 2008; and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, February 9 through May 11, 2008.
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