Annie Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer known for her work in magazines like Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and Vogue. Her photos use bold colors and unconventional poses to startle viewers yet leave a lasting impression. She has photographed many celebrities in intimate portraits.
Zoriah is an American photojournalist who documents disasters, conflicts, and social issues around the world to educate people. His career took off after his photos of the 2004 tsunami were published. As a freelancer, he believes in creating the photos he wants to make a positive impact. Both photographers aim to convey powerful messages, but Annie does so through promotional portraits while Zoriah captures raw moments of real-life events.
3. AnnieLeibovitz
Annie Leibovitz is an American portrait
photographer whose photographers
have appeared in a number of
magazines and publications. Annie's
most famous photographs are seen on
the cover of The Rolling Stones
magazine as well as Vanity Fair and
Vogue.
Anneies technique involves using bold
colours and unconventional poses that
startle the viewer yet leave them
remembering the photograph. A great
example of this is of the photograph that
Annie took of John Lennon and his wife
4. This photograph is very strong
because the picture is so
intimate and gives us an idea
of there relationship. You cant
help but think that John is
clinging on to her, almost as if
she is the rock in the
relationship. The intriguing
theme of this image aims to
invite the viewer to think about
human interaction.
Annie isn't scared to get
intimate with her subjects. She
wants the people that she's
photographing to be
comfortable with her and at
ease.
5. In 1970 she starting working as a
photographer at Rolling Stone magazine. This
was Annie's first ever photography job. Annie
would get paid $47 a week for her
assignments.
As Annie's photography grew popular, she
started working with individual clients. Loads
of celebrities and film agencies have worked
with Annie on individual projects paying her
heaps of money. As a photographer you can
earn a lot of money by doing this because
these people will pay a lot of money for you to
specifically photograph them.
Annie did work for Vogue and Vanity Fair. To
have the chance to work for these high end
fashion magazines and shooting for front
page, as a photographer you can earn a lot of
6. - Started off taking
photographs of her
family
- - she travelled a lot and
always felt as if she
was looking out of a car
window.
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7. The subject of this photograph is Willie Nelson. The
intense details of an aging face and the contrast with his
long wavy hair is the most noticeable aspect of the
photograph. The deep wrinkles come alive in the picture
before anything else. The texture in this photograph
enhances the realism and depth of the picture. It puts
into perspective of how old he is and how much he has
accomplished in his life. The foreground is more in focus
compared to the background. This isolates the subject (
Willie Nelson) and allows us to concentrate on him
more.
8. Purpose of her photography?
Annie mostly takes photographs to promote. While working with many
different magazines, her photographers made most front covers which
is the most important part of selling a magazine. Front cover
photographs concentrate more on promoting the magazine and the
subject of the photograph. It was during a visit to the Philippines during
the time of the Vietnam War that Annie first became involved with
photography. At this time you could say that her photography started of
as political and aimed at capturing the reality and what was going on
around her.
9. Annie's first front cover of
The Rolling Stones
magazine
Annies first front cover of The Rolling Stones
magazine was actually from a peace rally that
she attended In the 1960s. The picture was
used as an illustration for revolution in the
country. The purpose of this photograph
was to educate and inform the public which
Is quite a different type of photography from
what she is known for now.
10. Most of Annie's work can be found in the magazines that
she worked with, and online. Annie's work is shared in
exhibitions from time to time where all of her
photographers and magazine front covers are
displayed.
11. SusanSarandon
Susan Sarandon shows that she is
comfortable in her own skin, Using
this image is an inspiring
representation of beauty, confidence
and maturity. The more intense
lighting is emphasised on her face
and elongated neck emphasising
her feminine features.
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13. Zoriah is an American photojournalist and has shared his photos with
international organisations and photo agencies. Zoriah takes images of
covered disasters, conflict and social issues to educate people around the
world. Zoriah career did not take off until his work of the 2004 earthquake
and tsunami was noticed and was published by Newsweek.
14. Zoriah is a freelance photograph. He
believes that being a freelance
photographer means he is able to create
what he wants. If he doesn’t capture the
photographs that he wants then he feels
that the only person he is letting down is
himself. Freelance photography is very
free.
Zoriah wants to educate people and
make a positive change to the world and
to give people a voice. There are so
many possibilities to change the world
and he hopes that by putting himself in
danger and capturing these iconic
photos will bring some sort of change to
the world and show people (inform)
about what really is going on in particular
country's.
16. Zoriah has sold and had his work published in Newsweek and other
photo agencies. He normally starts his own projects by visiting country's
with conflict or social issues and selling his photographs to local
agencies and newspapers. The way Zoriah would go about this would
be by seeing an editor and explaining his ideas. The editor wont promise
freelance photographers like Zoriah that their photographs will be used.
As a Freelance photographer you get commission and image royalties.
The photographer will allow the photos to be used but will receive royalty
funds. Zoriah photographs can also be found on his blog.
17. A boy cries outside of
a feeding station
during famine in the
Kakuma refugee
camp in Kenya
The simple composition emphasises the sadness and despair of a little boy. The
baron space in the background creates a feeling of loneliness and helplessness. The
background isn’t in focus making the subject (the child) more expressive. This is a
typical documental recollection of the true tragic events that took place in Kakuma.
Black and white exposure enhances the real life drama. This picture would have a
big impact on any viewer because you feel sympathy for the child and want to help
him. No one wants to see kids in this situation especially because there innocent and
its not there fault.
Effect his work has on the
viewer…
18. AnnieandZoriah?
Both fashion and documented photography are used to achieve different purposes.
Annie Leibovitz photographers are used to promote magazines and celebrities
whereas Zoriah records true life events. As a fashion photographer, Annie chooses
the subject and composition of her photographs. Documenting photographers have a
much harder job to capture their images. Photographers such as Zoriah place
themselves in extremely dangerous situations to capture a moment that could
possibly change everything. The subjects in Annie’s photos are the most dominant
aspects through which she tries to convey the message to the viewer. The
backgrounds of her photographs don’t contribute much to the overall result In my
opinion.
19. The composition of subjects within the frame is quite spontaneous and
natural. Zoriah photographs the unexpected developing in front of his eyes.
His photographs are real, raw and powerful. His images not only show
people but also landscape environments and the aftermath of natural and
manmade destruction.
Zoriah…
