Analysis of selected artist

My photographer is Annie Leibovitz, this artist was born on October 2, 1949 in Waterbury, CT. She studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute with the intention of becoming an art teacher and attended photography night classes. In 1970, she began working as a commercial photographer for Rolling Stone magazine and quickly became the first woman to be appointed as the chief photographer.  Anne Leibovitz is a renowned American photographer known for her captivating and dramatic portraits of celebrities. She excels at capturing the personality and inner life of her subjects, and her photos reflect intimate or staged moments, revealing the playful and expressive side of her photographer, just as she saw in the Disney Dreamy Portrait. Her series of fairytale inspired photos, were able inspire me. Her fairy tale series were taken across the time from 2007 to 2014.  This series were portraying real life celebrities as fairytale characters, and to give off a mythical sort of feeling.  

The pictures show different celebrities being seen as different character of different fairytales. The main focus of the photos are usually on the character that are portrayed in each photo, secondly you would be drawn to the very creative and unrealistic setting that each picture has. What I like very much about the images are that the photographer is able to use lighting with setting to give off a very colorful and story-like picture, which is able to attract me into wanting to look at more pictures. In her photos she usually uses the rule of thirds to lay her character on the sides of the pictures to be able also show her cleverly plotted background which is able to act in cooperation with her characters. From personal view, she usually has two light sources in her photos, one from the front to light up her characters, the other one in the back ground lit up the background and show it more clearly to the audience. Strong color contrasts often appear in her photos. Firstly, using color contrast can make the protagonist stand out more. Secondly, using color contrast can also make the story of the entire photo stronger. Like the pitch black attic behind Rapunzel and the dark toned forest beside Snow White. All of these make the entire photo more vivid and provide the audience with a better viewing experience. In her photos, characters often use facial expressions to express their emotions, like two elves in the forest telling us with happy expressions on their faces that they are now free and happy. And Princess Long Hair conveyed to us with her own expression the fact that she was not happy alone in the attic.

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