Annie Leibovitz showcases ‘Pilgrimage’

Video (1:42:): Annie Leibovitz showcases her ‘Pilgrimage’. The exhibition is held at the New York Historical Society Museum from Nov 21, 2014 till Feb 22, 2015.

Pilgrimage by Annie Leibovitz

“Several years ago, Susan Sontag and I were planning sommething that we called the Beauty Book. The Beauty Book was going to provide an excuse for us to travel around to places we cared about and wanted to see. For me, it meant going back to taking pictures when I was moved to take a picture. When there wasn’t an agenda. If you are on assignment for a magazine, there are always agendas. Things that have to get done. I care about my assignment work, but I wanted to try working without that pressure. To be in a situation where I took a picture just because I saw it.
After Susan died, I knew that I couldn’t do the Beauty Book, although as time passed, I realized that I might do a different book, with a different list of places. The list would, inevitably, be colored by my memory of Susan and what she was interested in but it would be my list.” – quote from Pilgrimage by Annie Leibovitz

Pilgrimage

Annie Leibovitz (Author), Doris Kearns Goodwin (Introduction)
Random House (November 8, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375505083
ISBN-13: 978-0375505089

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