Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz is an American photographer born 1949 in Connecticut. In 1970 she took a job with the Rolling Stone magazine. After two years as staff photographer she was promoted to chief photographer and stayed with the title for 10 years. Her position meant that she could join The Rolling Stones on their 1975 tour. She developed her style of bold colours and surprising poses. She left Rolling Stone magazine to work for Vanity Fair. A magazine with a much wider array of subjects. The subjects ranged from presidents to literary icons to heartthrobs.

Leibovitz has used colour and positioning very effectively here because the red would connote danger or love. I think the bare skin that is shown from the model and the very thin legs and arms might show that she is actually weak and lifeless. The size of the dress shows that she completely material. She has nothing but the dress that makes her who she is. Lying on the grass is very simple and very bland which is the opposite of the dress and helps the dress to get a lot of attention from the viewers. The models body follows a line of the rule of thirds horizontally and the base of the dress falls down a vertical rule of thirds.

The lighting in this image is very dim and it creates a lot of shadows this may show that there are a lot of  secrets that are hidden. This is promenant in the main subject and in the group of people on the left. However the group on the right are well lit, maybe this shows that they are innocent and have nothing to hide. Since as the two groups are split up it may mean that they dislike each other; different families, a fight,anything could have split them up. The two models in the middle of them may be people who are trying to resolve the problem or prevent the fighting. The use of the lighting is very inspiring to me because it is very natural which is something I wanted to achieve in my images.