At first you might be thinking, why in the WORLD am I writing on a photography website about Hannah Montana. Good question, and one that I hope will keep you interested enough to finish reading this particular
blog. Since I’m ending the week here on my side of the world, and since there’s lots of crazy news stories out there this one in particular caught my attention because it also involves another house-hold name (at least in the photographic world); Annie Leibovitz.
You might have heard of her, she has been a veritable institution at the Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair Magazines since around 1970 and 1983, and has shot so many celebrities it would make your head spin. Her style has spawned so many copy-cats it’s almost been forgotten that she even started it. She’s famous for a rather risque portrait of the late John Lennon (completely naked) and his then-wife Yoko Ono (completely clothed) back in 1980 only 4 hours before Lennon was shot and killed. She also shot an oft-copied pregnancy photo of Demi Moore in the nude. So Annie is no stranger to the naked celebrity scene. The Read the rest of this entry »