The documentary film “Annie Leibovitz: life through a lens” (showing at Flagey, Brussels, and coinciding with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London) was 80 minutes of sheer enjoyment. Directed by her sister Barbara, the film captured her passion for photography, people and life.
The film bursts with energy: interviews with people Leibovitz has photographed, archive footage of her days at the Rolling Stone magazine, images of some of her most famous pictures.
We see the Queen being photographed at Buckingham Palace (yes, the shoot that caused the BBC to do some explaining after their editing made it look as if the queen had stormed out), Whoopi Goldberg telling us how the photo of her emerging from a bathtub full of milk had cats following her around for weeks and Yoko Ono talking about the picture that Leibovitz took of her and John Lennon just hours before the former Beatle was shot dead.
Leibovitz is seen from her own perspective as well as that of colleagues, family members, friends and people she has photographed. You get a real sense of what makes Leibovitz the photographer tick.
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might check this film out - sounds fun
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