For someone who is into photography like I am, there are not much bigger names in the industry than Annie Leibovitz. She’s a legend in her field who has photographed everyone imaginable and has snapped infamous photographs of John Lennon, Demi Moore, and most recently, Miley Cyrus.
As it turns out, Leibovitz, 59, is not quite the expert when it comes to finances and unless she pays back a $24 million dollar loan by this coming Tuesday, will lose the rights to all her renowned photography. While this may not be of much interest to collectors, believe it or not, Annie has a very strong connection to The Hobby.
During the era of overproduction referred to by many as “Junk Wax”, Score Trading Cards used one of Annie’s shots of a young, Cuban slugger from an American Express ad and slabbed it onto their Score Dream Team subset. The result was none other than my least favorite Jose Canseco card ever produced.
In case anyone is wondering, my all-time favorite Leibovitz photograph comes from the book, ‘American Music’ and features a washed-up, lonely Beach Boy named Brian Wilson. One of her most recent series focused on Disney characters played by Hollywood big shots and featured more digital slop than actual photography.
Let’s just say they were very forgettable.
Wow, what a shame. She’s pretty much one of photography’s legends. Thanks for linking to that Brian Wilson pic. I am a huge fan of his, and had never seen that one before.
5That Brian Wilson picture is great. I agree, those Disney picture are pretty ho-hum.
It would be intersting to see a set with a focus on different photographers take on the game. I am not sure it would be a huge seller, but cool none the less.
I kinda liked the Disney pics, if only because the idea is so darn cool.
I have this card with Jose Canseco. I used to collect baseball cards, now I photograph fashion. I didn’t know Annie shot this. It was one of my favorite cards then, and even more so now. Thanks for the info!