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Olympic Portraits by Annie Leibovizt - 1st edition 1997

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Olympic Portraits by Annie Leibovizt - 1st edition 1997.Annie Leibovitz' black and white photographs from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very Good condition, no dust jacket. ANNIE LEIBOVITZ is one of the most celebrated and admired photographers of our time. She began her work photographing for Rolling Stone magazine and quickly established a reputation as a chronicler of popular culture, eventually becoming a contributing photographer at Vanity Fair and Vogue. Olympic Portraits: * Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bulfinch Pr; First Edition (January 1, 1996) * Language ‏ : ‎ English * Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 177 pages * ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0821223666 * ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0821223666 * Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.38 pounds * Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.75 x 11.5 inches.About Annie Leibovizt.A celebrated, highly stylized photographer of rock stars shooting Olympic athletes? That apparent anomaly seems just right when the photographer in question is Leibovitz, whose portraiture has always managed to capture the inner turmoil lurking beneath outward calm. Wisely, she chose to shoot her athletes not in Atlanta, surrounded by hoopla, but in preparation for the games, isolated and intense. The results are stunning: a sculpted Carl Lewis in repose, achieving a Mapplethorpian elegance mixed with menace; a poised and incredibly focused Michael Johnson, suggesting all the unleashed energy it would take to run faster than anyone has ever run before; a sober U.S. women's softball team, exuding the determination that would eventually produce wild jubilation and the gold medal. What drives these stark, darkly lit black-and-white photos, though, isn't our knowledge of the eventual results in Atlanta, but a sense of the overwhelming solitary confinement of athletic training, the peculiar loneliness that comes with the obsession to excel. These haunting photos will endure beyond our memory of who won what. Ilene Cooper
  • Creator:
    Annie Leibovitz (Photographer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Style:
    Expressionist (In the Style Of)
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    1997
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  • Seller Location:
    North Hollywood, CA
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    Seller: BNF12231stDibs: LU906837535972
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