Annie Leibovitz & James Natchway

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When I first saw this picture, I was facinated! Not by Angeline Jolie's smile or the fact that her son, Maddox is so cute. But I was astouned by the first feeling I got from this picture. It was captured at such a perfect moment, LOVE and LIFE. And that exactly is the feeling Annie Leibovitz gives.. through her lenses.

Annie Leibovitz

You are the Man! That's what I would say. I am not much of a photographer myself, but through her pictures, I think I begun to understand how she choose to make her picture stay ALIVE. Trying to potrait life itself and letting her work do all the talking instead of thousands of alphabet crammed into a paragraph. Imagination run wild with the underline meaning clearly conveyed. I admire her work very much.

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Annie Leibovitz see things for what it is and beyond it. She dwells in the happiness and brings out the best in them! That is what I would like to learn from this famous photographer. Not to compare the quality of her work, but to learn to show ones true self through pictures.　

Now, Let's look at another famous photographer....

 James Natchway - war photographer.

 I admire this person for his courage and enthusiasm to go deep into business and pushing the limits.

I will not say that I like his style of bringing the live 'OUT' of the pictures. What I meant by bringing 'out' is... as though he has swiped away all my other senses and leaving only the gloomy part of me to examine them. There always seem to be a mysterious, unexplainable story behind each black and white photos.  But he has a lot of good work. World recognized and published and has gained awareness from the public. Sometimes, our eyes and ears might deceive us, but truth can be told through a lens, through his lens.

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I lost all my other senses whenever I come across pictures taken by James Natchway. It's as though he has printed the moment of fear, lost, pain, anger into the motionless frame. That's what I admire and would wish to learn. Instead of putting flashy image into the minds of the world, it is always excellent work to show the Truth and Nothing But the Truth.

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Can you feel the pain now?

All and all, I admire the background of this 2 famous photographer. Their work are miracle and have changed the world, though from a different perspective. Still, It's worth the effort they put in to make it work. Just a simple frame, a wordless piece of work, expressed things beyond our comprehension.