A Photographer’s Life 1990–2005
Modern Identity, New York, New York, 2006
Description
A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005 presents both personal and editorial images from the past 15 years of photographer Annie Leibovitz’s career. This book is a record of a life that is at once mundane and sublime.
From a design standpoint, the project focused on respecting the photographs as photography. The rough black borders of the original prints were kept intact; the edges were kept rough, sometimes not even making it to the edge of the page. Grids of four pictures to a spread were used to create little movies throughout the book, presenting not what Cartier-Bresson would call a “decisive moment” but rather a glimpse into a “life moment.” The combination of personal and professional images introduces the reader to the odd non sequitur of a very famous life.
Juror Notes
“Powerful! The photos speak for themselves—there’s a personal Annie whom you never knew.”
Credits
- Design firm
- Modern Identity
- Creative director
- Annie Leibovitz
- Art director/designer
- Jeff Streeper
- Jacket designer
- Jeff Streeper (Dangin)
- Photographer
- Annie Leibovitz
- Picture editor
- Mark Holborn
- Production artist
- Iratxe Mumford
- Production coordinator
- Georgina Koren
- Author
- Annie Leibovitz
- Editor
- Sharon Delano
- Trim size
- 10 x 13.5 inches
- Pages
- 472
- Compositor
- Modern Identity
- Typefaces
- Helvetica, Requiem
- Printer/binder
- Conti Tipocolor S.p.A.
- Jacket printer
- Conti Tipocolor S.p.A.
- Paper
- Burgo Larius 150 gsm
- Binding method
- Smyth sewn
- Publisher/client
- Random House