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ISBN 13 | 9783836582186 |
ISBN 10 | 383658218X |
Author | Graydon Carter |
Language | English |
Book Description | When Benedikt Taschen asked the most important portrait photographer working today, Annie Leibovitz, to collect her pictures in a SUMO-sized book, she was intrigued by the challenge. The project took several years to develop and when it was finally published in 2014, it weighed in at 26 kg (57 pounds). This incredible collection is now available in an accessible XXL book format. Leibovitz drew on more than 40 years of work, starting with the photojournalism she did for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s through the conceptual portraits she made for Vanity Fair and Vogue. She selected iconic images--such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono entwined in a last embrace--as well as portraits that had rarely, if ever, been seen before. The Annie Leibovitz SUMO covered political and cultural history, from Queen Elizabeth II and Richard Nixon to Laurie Anderson and Lady Gaga. "What I had thought of initially as a simple process of imagining what looked good big, what photographs would work in a large format, became something else," Leibovitz says. "The book is very personal, but the narrative is told through popular culture. It's not arranged chronologically and it's not a retrospective. It's more like a roller coaster." Fans of Leibovitz and her many celebrated subjects can now enjoy that same roller coaster ride for themselves with this unlimited edition. |
About the Author | Graydon Carter fue editor de Vanity Fair de 1992 a 2017.Hans Ulrich Obrist es el director artÃstico de Serpentine Galleries, Londres. Antes de eso, fue conservador del Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Desde su primera exposición, World Soup (The Kitchen Show), en 1991, ha comisariado más de 300 muestras.Paul Roth es el director del Ryerson Image Centre en Toronto.Steve Martin es un cómico, actor, escritor, productor y músico reconocido con numerosos galardones.La obra de Annie Leibovitz incluye algunos de los retratos más conocidos de nuestro tiempo. Leibovitz comenzó su carrera como fotoperiodista de la revista Rolling Stone en 1970, cuando todavÃa era estudiante en el Instituto de Arte de San Francisco. En 1983, cuando se unió al equipo de la renovada Vanity Fair, se estableció como la principal fotógrafa de música rock y avezada documentalista de lo social. Tanto en Vanity Fair como más tarde en Vogue, con su trabajo con actores, directores, escritores, músicos, atletas y figuras polÃticas y empresariales, asà como con sus fotografÃas de moda, amplió su retrato colectivo de la vida contemporánea. Leibovitz ha publicado varios libros y ha expuesto su obra ampliamente. Ha sido nombrada Comandante de la Orden de las Artes y las Letras del gobierno francés y designada como Leyenda Viva por la Biblioteca del Congreso de los Estados Unidos. |
Publication Date | 2022-08-02 |
Number of Pages | 560 pages |
Annie Leibovitz