Jeet this Week: Annie Leibovitz strikes again
Jeet Heer says Annie Leibovitz's portrait of Caitlyn Jenner is the perfect melding of high and low culture.
The much-discussed Caitlyn Jenner cover of Vanity Fair hit newsstands yesterday — and while many discuss what it means for trans visibility, q's culture critic Jeet Heer calls attention to the woman behind the camera.
Legendary celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz, he says, has been instrumental in blurring the lines between high and low culture. She has re-framed many famous faces with her mighty lens, and turned celebrity photos in to public conversations.
Jeet's references:
- Annie Leibovitz
- Demi Moore on the cover of Vanity Fair
- Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA
- John Lennon
- Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer
- Alberto Vargas, pin-up illustrator
- Gertrude Stein
- T.S. Eliot
- The Dial
- Saturday Evening Post
- The New Yorker
- James Wallcott
- Jane Austen
- Norman Mailer
- Game of Thrones
- Tina Brown