First Review
The documentary film Life Through A Len not only tell us the personal growth of Annie Leibovitz, but also show us the development of commercial photography in U.S. in the past four decade. I think it is a great film for anyone who is interested in photography or American pop culture.
Annie is a independent professional woman who represents all key elements of American spirits. Her life is a a story of faith, Effort,expectation, and desire,and something evermore about to be. As a modern woman I learned a lot from her. No matter what she has been through, Annie never give up with her love of photography.
What I found quite interesting is Annie's approach of taking celebrity portrait, particularly during the rolling stone period. She had very sharp eyes on uncovering one's personalities. However, I feel that her approach has been changed in the recent years.
Her pictures for fashion magazine didn't speak out celebrities real personalities behind the scene. Compare to her recent pictures shoot in U.K. with a lots of decorative sets and post-productions, her pictures of rolling stone tour seems more appealing to me. I think that was Annie's golden time as a portraitist.
Second Review
Sally Mann is considered to be the Francis Ford Coppola of photography. Mann came into the public eye in 1992 with her book entitled "Immediate Family." Her beautiful portraits of her three children in different scenes of nature gained rave reviews.
After that Mann became a target of conservatives people and the Christian Right group. They accused her for publishing child pornography. I think it's true that many of the films feature her children posing nude, however, they are not in a exploitative way.
After ten year after documenting the controversy on Mann's work, Steven Cantor decided follow up with Mann in her latest series concerning on death and decomposition. The first half of the film described Mann's life from her childhood to her marriage.
The second half of the documentary start with Mann's inspiration of her last project: a death incident of an escaped prisoner killed by police on her farm. After she observed the area of the incident, she got the inspiration to exam what happens to our remained bodies.
I think Mann's pictures really speak for themselves. It is so tragic to see these rotting corpse. Her pictures are surreal and illuminating at same time. Like her photography, Mann herself are open to communicate. She is very proud of her Pictures, and knows her reason to shot and select pictures.
Third Review
This documentary on Keith Carter took audiences to look through his career, techniques, and philosophy. His enigmatic, eye-catching photos had broadly exhibited in the world and he received a lots of academic awards. The film featured with some guest interviews, such as Anne Wilkes Tucker, and Horton Foote.
Second Review
Sally Mann is considered to be the Francis Ford Coppola of photography. Mann came into the public eye in 1992 with her book entitled "Immediate Family." Her beautiful portraits of her three children in different scenes of nature gained rave reviews.
After that Mann became a target of conservatives people and the Christian Right group. They accused her for publishing child pornography. I think it's true that many of the films feature her children posing nude, however, they are not in a exploitative way.
After ten year after documenting the controversy on Mann's work, Steven Cantor decided follow up with Mann in her latest series concerning on death and decomposition. The first half of the film described Mann's life from her childhood to her marriage.
The second half of the documentary start with Mann's inspiration of her last project: a death incident of an escaped prisoner killed by police on her farm. After she observed the area of the incident, she got the inspiration to exam what happens to our remained bodies.
I think Mann's pictures really speak for themselves. It is so tragic to see these rotting corpse. Her pictures are surreal and illuminating at same time. Like her photography, Mann herself are open to communicate. She is very proud of her Pictures, and knows her reason to shot and select pictures.
Third Review
This documentary on Keith Carter took audiences to look through his career, techniques, and philosophy. His enigmatic, eye-catching photos had broadly exhibited in the world and he received a lots of academic awards. The film featured with some guest interviews, such as Anne Wilkes Tucker, and Horton Foote.
In addition, Carter discussed about the stories behind his favorite photographs. Finally, he demonstrated a step-by-step darkroom session on toning. When he worked in the darkroom I can feel the atmosphere he has created to be concentrated on photography. He also gave some personal tips to photographic lovers.
Mr. Carter has a very sufficient method to explain his views.He ventures out into the world, truly communicates with others. I think the best word to describe Carter's photography is humanity, sometimes it is revealing, oftentimes it is mysterious, but it is always informed by the human experiences.
It gave me inspiration of my photography assignments. He captures everyday elements of life, “reminding you of things you’ve deep down always known but somehow forgotten, because life has a nasty habit of simply becoming too daily, too dependent on thought at the expense of feel,” says an essay by Bill Wittliff. As I gaze these images, they just sing to me with a feeling of surrealism and contemplation.
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