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Article: Talking pictures with Annie Leibovitz
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 3, 1994
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When you enter the exhibition of Annie Leibovitz's photographs
at the National Portrait Gallery you should immediately turn right.
On that end wall is a series of images from Sarajevo. They are so
compelling that they demand to be seen at the beginning rather than
as the culmination of the show. A fallen bicycle, a huge comma of
black blood in its wake; a new-born baby arched in the air, still
umbilically attached; a murdered man with bloodied face cradled in
his own plaid coat. Many were taken only last month. After nearly
35 years and millions of negatives, Leibovitz's eye is as tender
and ruthless as ever.
The show spans her earliest days with Rolling Stone - then an
irreverent, pop ...