Final composition about photography.

   Photography is a really powerful kind of art. People always depended on the visual information, as 80% of information is received through eyes. We (people) always drew pictures to leave some legacy after we're gone, to tell a story which can be not just told, but also seen. When photography appeared we got one more way to leave some plausible proof of our(or somebody's) dwell on the Earth. We informed generations about happiness which every day brings, warned them about dangers they will find in our world.
  But nowadays some people start to forget what is photography. It becomes so common that sometimes we make pictures not on purpose, but by accident. They don't pass any energy, don't make any sense. We use them just to give kind of report to ourselves that our life is full of impressions, fun, friends. Some show their photos looking for the glory, acknoledgement from people, money... As I think, these are not purposes real photographer should follow, these are not purposes at all. We must leave something valuable in our collection, for example, our photo-biography, so grandchildren and their children could follow our life line and not to repeat mistakes of the past. In this way world could become better, be improved.
   I, personally, always liked macro photography. It's about the world, which exists, but is hidden from us because of everyday bigger troubles. This is, probably, my favourite thing to do. With macro photography I can show people whole universes, which are hidden just under their nose. There is sense, idea and beauty in macro photography, it's more than just a picture.
   So let's think "what" and what's more important "why" we want to picture. Next snapshop is yours...

Annie Leibovitz. Life through the lens.

Born in Westbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz is the third of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-grandparents were Russian Jews. Her father's parents had emigrated from Romania. Her mother, Marilyn Leibovitz, was a modern dance instructor; her father, Sam Leibovitz, was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. The family moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when he was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War.

In high school, she became interested in various artistic endeavours, and began to write and play music. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where she studied painting. For several years, she continued to develop her photography skills while working various jobs, including a stint on a kibbutz in Amir, Israel, for several months in 1969. Throughout her life on the Kibbutz, she learned to take Jewish concepts and apply them to her photographs.

Annie's mother


When Leibovitz returned to the United States in 1970, she started her career as staff photographer, working for the just launched Rolling Stone magazine. In 1973, publisher Jann Wenner named Leibovitz chief photographer of Rolling Stone, a job she would hold for 10 years. Leibovitz worked for the magazine until 1983, and her intimate photographs of celebrities helped define the Rolling Stone look. While working for "Rolling Stone", Leibovitz became more aware of the other magazines. Richard Avedon's portraits were an important and powerful example in her life. She learned that you can work for magazines and still do your own personal work, which for her was the most important thing. It is much more intimate and tells a story for her as she works with people who love her and who will "Open their hearts and souls and lives to you."

On December 8, 1980, Leibovitz had a photo shoot with John Lennon for Rolling Stone, promising him he would make the cover. After she had initially tried to get a picture with just Lennon alone, which is what Rolling Stone wanted, Lennon insisted that both he and Yoko Ono be on the cover. Leibovitz then tried to re-create something like the kissing scene from the Double Fantasy album cover, a picture that she loved. She had John remove his clothes and curl up next to Yoko. Leibovitz recalls, "What is interesting is she said she'd take her top off and I said, 'Leave everything on' — not really preconceiving the picture at all. Then he curled up next to her and it was very, very strong. You couldn't help but feel that she was cold and he looked like he was clinging on to her. I think it was amazing to look at the first Polaroid and they were both very excited. John said, 'You've captured our relationship exactly. Promise me it'll be on the cover.' I looked him in the eye and we shook on it." Leibovitz was the last person to professionally photograph Lennon—he was shot and killed five hours later.

 

Also among famous people who Annie Leibovitz worked with are:

Johnny Depp

Woopy Goldberg

George Clooney

Kirsten Dunst