Special Topics #1: Annie Leibovitz
The arrival of Annie Leibovitz marked a significant amount of excitement and work for Syracuse University. In order to showcase her work to the students and Syracuse community for the lecture on April 29th, Leibovitz requested that the university acquired a specific projector and screen that she usually uses. Supposedly, the university had to put down $3,000 for the equipment and had to have it driven in from New York City.
But all the work and preparation was worth it, for the photography legend as she showed her work that went along with the stories she told the overcapacity crowd in Hendricks. From landscapes with meaning to portraits that depicted intense feeling and emotion, Leibovitz herself injected the lecture with personality and emotion of her own, leaving the audience hanging on her every word.
With her esteemed track record, it’s not wonder Leibovitz’s personality is candid and open. Her works have included photographs of superstar celebrities to real people. Her Miley Cyrus has sparked controversy in the past several years, her famous image of John Lennon and Yoko Ono remains a classic, and she recently shot a series of Disney-themed photographs with celebrities posing as Disney characters. During the lecture she did touch on her current financial issues, but only in an obscure reference. She was humble in showing her most recent work that focuses on images of places associated with deceased celebrities: people such as Virginia Woolf, Sigmund Freud, Emily Dickinson and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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