Annie Liebovitz Calls The iPhone ‘The Snapshot Camera Of Today’
Annie Liebovitz is one of my all time favorite photographers, I totally love her work. She has had an incredible career commencing with photographing The Rolling Stones in San Francisco in 1971 and 1972 and served as the concert-tour photographer for Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas ’75 and from there to the Chief Photographer of Rolling Stone magazine in the early ’70’s.
What’s most interesting about this specific story though is recently she was interviewed by NBC where she was promoting her new book ‘Pilgrimage‘ and expressed that the iPhone is ‘the snapshot camera of today’. She then goes on to pull her iPhone out of her jacket pocket and explains ‘I’m still learning how to use mine, it’s great, it’s a pencil, it’s a pen, it’s a notebook. I can’t tell you many times I see people show me their children. It’s the wallet with the family pictures in it. It is so accessible and easy’.
You can watch the actual video of the interview below. But hey, what a great endorsement for a product by a ‘Living Legend’ as named by The Library of Congress for her work.
Copyright: Image above by Annie Liebovitz of John Lennon and Yoko Ono taken in 1980 for Rolling Stone magazine
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Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
