In this picture of Nachtwey I see a little, very skinny boy, who seems desperate. I think he tries to hide something about himself behind that white body paint. His body language tells he is calm and strong when needed. He is looking to left, to past. I think he is at he moment memorizing some bad memories from the past, maybe the white color refers to sadness and mourning toward people he might have lost. Also the blue sky with some clouds refers to calm peaceful moment after storm.
Next picture is from Leibovitz have famous lady in it, with very glamorous look. She is independent, seductive and fragile at the same time. Because of her gentle and light as a feather body language, she looks untouchable.
To me these two photographers represent totally different kind of intelligence.
James Nachtwey seems to be always there where discrimination, chaos, death, poverty, sadness and cruelty happen. He definitely gets peoples attention with his pictures. On the other hand Annie Leibovitz has also eye catching photos, they also have strong message, but her vision is more towards to beauty also. Leibovitz don’t need any crisis to make fascinating pictures, good settings, make-up and costumes are enough. For me more innovative and more creative photographer is Leibovitz. When watching her photos in some weird way I usually get very inspired. Despite major settings for photo taking, in her work you notice how much attention she gives also to tiny details, that’s what I really admire in her pictures.
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I might like to read about how you can apply the methodologies of these two different photographers in your own visual anthropology.
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