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| A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005 | 
 enlarge | Creator: Annie Leibovitz
Publisher: Random House
Category: Book
List Price: $75.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 2682
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 472
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.2
Dimensions (in): 13.9 x 10.5 x 1.7
ISBN: 0375505091
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.2092
EAN: 9780375505096
ASIN: 0375505091
Publication Date: October 3, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not that great a family photo album November 12, 2006
29 out of 46 found this review helpful
As a somewhat serious hobbyist photographer, I suspected, when I read the negative "family photo album" review, that that person was insensitive to such qualities as fine composition that might distinguish these photos. Leibovitz is a great photographer. I decided to look at the book before purchasing such an expensive book. There is, I am afraid, some merit in the negative comments. Many of the personal life photos do in fact come across as snapshots of no particular distinction. Obviously these photos have great personal meaning for Leibovitz. Some of the reviewers seem to be able to emphathize with that meaning. Perhaps these photos will help some feel better about the quality of their own family snapshots. I would advise people to examine this book before buying, as I did. I chose not to invest in it.
Shoot t the graphic design team March 23, 2007
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
After seeing the exhibition (which was fantastic) the book was a sad let down for me and I returned it. Photos were cropped detroying the ambiance or the layout Leibovitz captured and aparently intended in her prints - photos were designed across a spread in such a way as interfered with the photo's integrity (one photo in particular has the page split running through the subject of the photo!). The personal photos of Sonatag in the show were very small and suggested a particular delicacy and intimacy which was lost in the book due to the relative sizing of those prints with all the others. It is a poor accompaniment to an excellent and important show of her work. If you never saw the show - you could propably let it slide - after seeing the show myself, I prefer not to have my memory tainted by an inferior product serving as representation.
 EXQUISITE October 8, 2006
21 out of 25 found this review helpful
The photographs are impeccable, as always, but this photographic glimpse of her life and her loved ones is beyond words. Each photograph will evoke emotions and make you ponder what each subject was feeling and thinking at the time. You will love this.
Brilliant. October 6, 2006
19 out of 24 found this review helpful
I am a very big fan of Annie Liebovitz, and have been for nearly fifteen years - ever since I had the opportunity of viewing some of the artists photographs in a Gramacy Park photography agent's office. Ms. Leibovitz has captured the beat of society in her many but many photographs . . . all with a unique depth and in some way, a contradiction to the obvious: which is in part where Liebovitz's genuis lies. In the retrospective 'A Photographer's Life: 1990 -2005, there is a series of high profile and well known individuals that range in their celebrity and notority: however, one thing is certain, each individual captured through Ms. the artist lense is depicted in such sheer dimensions that their essence, their struggles, their strenght, and their desire are captured in ways that offer the whole picture. In 'A Photographer's Life: 1990 - 2005', Annie Leibovitz has captured the kalidoscope of the movers and shakers who have created the moving image of life as we have experienced it. Extraordinary.
Beautiful, interesting and superb @}->--- October 9, 2006
19 out of 24 found this review helpful
Even if you aren't into photography, you can certainly appreciate the quality, professionalism and beauty of Annie's work. She's one of the most trusted photographers around and she's been in the business for so long doing amazing work. This book is delightful to look at.
She actually studied to become a painter, but instead she's created works of art with her camera. This new collection is a personal retrospective and an amazing collection of great photography. Inside are the trademark celebrity photos, landscapes and also for the first time, some personal family photos (the births of her children). There are also pictures of her best friend and partner, Susan, while healthy and while dying.
There is an incredible mix of stunning pictures in here and it's a gorgeous book to look at, to give as a gift, buy for yourself or to let your friends look through it if you leave it on your coffee table. There is something for everyone in here and I highly, highly recommend it.
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