Business and art as usual. And why not? Would you feel better thinking instead of the pensions, protection and "expenses"...........snip
I'll tell you what I read: I read envy, pure and simple. Nada mas.
Rob C
We just did an all night delayed flight, so I probably shouldn’t respond to anything with a clouded brain.
Given that . . . I somewhat agree with Rob. I think people that fixate on Annie’s issues are jealous, or maybe it’s just the culture of the internet to tear people down.
A few years ago when her money issues started, the comments we’re brutal and I've always taken what crew says negative about someone with a grain of salt, because it's second hand information.
I’m not a mind reader so I don’t know, actually don’t want to know and I’ve only met Annie once, briefly though I’ve hired 2 dozen crew members that have worked for her and heard all the stories, usually negative.
Though I know people that worked for her on a longer basis that swear by her work ethic and talent.
Annie has lasted a long time from reportage on film to high production digital and man that’s hard at her level because there are about 20 million people that want to replace her.
The most difficult part isn’t shooting it, but having the juice to get in the room and produce an iconic image of highly visible subjects that come with handlers, managers, art directors, lawyers all at the video village looking at every frame.
Do that gig and get back to me on what a photograph is worth?
As far as the tax write off, I don’t see her as a coconspirator, I see her as a victim of the deal she signed and how silly that family was to give 2,000 amazing photographs to a small gallery without knowing how they would evaluate them.
Now I don’t like doing politics, but Rob’s right. A $20million tax write off is nothing in comparison to what governments do with friends, the famous, the connected and powerful.
Also given the fact the gallery won’t comment if they will sell the prints seems sketchy. Annie got paid about $2,000 per print and I can think of 20 of her images that should bring 50 to 100 times that number.
IMO
BC