Annie Leibovitz

[TNPihl]

I have added a few photos by the photographer Annie Leibovitz. Check all pics in the forum:

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Also a new category with two photos by Chris Buch:

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[KC8t80]

hahaha...those are cool pics.

which issue of vanity fair is that cover from?

[TNPihl]

Vanity Fair, November 1998.

I posted a story about the cover in the Newsletter I sent to the subscribers earliere today:

When Jim Carrey arrived at Annie Leibovitz’s studio, the photographer says, “he was depressed and depleted. He said he had almost called to cancel because there was nothing in him.” Perfect, Leibovitz told him, “because I want you to be nothing on the cover.” The photographer’s original idea was to paint Carrey white against a white background so everything but his eyes would disappear. It didn’t work out exactly as she had envisioned. “It would have been more interesting,” Leibovitz says, “if Vanity Fair had let it go more white, but conceptual covers don’t sell magazines.” Leibovitz says she had a special feeling working with Carrey, as she does with most comedians: “Many of them are geniuses, and they feel more real to me than most other entertainers.”

[KC8t80]

thanks a lot for that.....i'll be looking forward to the newsletter as always.

[fluffy]

thanks Tommy, i LOVE Annies pics of Jim.......they are playful yet insightive.......
and although i know he's pulling a face and there are better, more handsome pics of him, i still love the checked pants pick..........he looks as though he's having fun..........

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[sianlee]

Yeah ive seen them before they are great , however, I didn't know that the second picture was taken by that person. I have two copies of that picture with "worth 1000" at the bottom




(I cant find the other one of him looking at the camera with his tongue out, I guess theres a copy here on the forum somewhere. It's on my computer anyway with no signature at all down the bottom)

[fluffy]

OMG.............i think someones been having a little bit of fun with that pic.........lol.........he looks like he has a cushion stuck up his shirt....and a jaw like Herman Munster...........lol

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[quirky]

Interesting comments from Annie Liebowitz.

[fluffy]

yeah you can see it in his eyes.........Jim seems to wear his soul in his eyes.............

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[quirky]

It's almost a look that says, "Help!"

[Janel]

It's a look that says, "I have to keep the worlds spirits up--that's my job, it's what I do....I can't today.....please understand...."

[quirky]

That's just longhand for "help".

[Janel]

teehee....!

Actually, not to be argumentative, but....!!! "Help" to me means you want outside assistance, for someone to "DO" something and quick! It's my opinion that his look in this particular picture carries a need for space and some time to 'reboot'! I don't interpret weakness in the expression, just weariness.....who knows, it's all a guess!!

[quirky]

When I have that look...the last thing I want is to be alone...

But alot of my life has made that the case.

[fluffy]

nope...........i'm a loner when i'm on a downer...............i don't want to be around people much..........it's easier to do that than have to cope with the guilt of people worrying...........
Having said that i'm rarely that down................but i do sympathise with folk who do fluctuate badly.......
One of my friends is a manic depressive and he was in a Coma for 2 years......yes 2 years!!!............with Lithium poisoning as a result of his medication............he reacted badly to it.........it took a visiting American specialist to save him.........because he really was on his way out..........
but he's great now........sometimes he gets a little manic......he seems to speed up, but when that happens he just needs space and knowing folk are still there for him............

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