Daily Intel (nymag.com):
… for using his images in a LaVazza campaign right before she has to pay off a $24 million loan or risk losing rights to her work forever is kind of like that, only on a larger scale. Leibovitz Faces Suit and Loan Deadline [NYT] Related:How Could This Happen To Annie Leibovitz?[NYM] Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: annie leibovitz, famous people we're actually rooting for, real estate, rich people everyone likes, rich people no one minds being rich …

luís soares (lsoares.blogs.sapo.pt):
… aqui uma espécie de revista de imprensa sui generis. Na Wired há um artigo sobre mais um jardim vertical, o que vem a propósito deste meu outro post. Ando a escrever sobre um fotógrafo e por isso interessou-me bastante esteartigoda New York sobre a falência da Annie Leibovitz. Na New Scientist há mais treze coisas que a ciência não consegue explicar. Um bocadinho geek, eu sei. Para terminar, parte do difícil processo que vai ser vender ao público o "Where The Wild …

GREG FUNNELL'S PHOTOBLOG (focus52.blogspot.com):
… She's really not having a great year - along withbeing in debt to a tune of around $24 million, it appears she is now being sued by an Italian photographer after allegedly using his images as part of her comps for the 2009 Lavazza calender. eek. …

The Grande Enchilada (grandenchilada.blogspot.com):
… apparently mismanaged her money so badly that she owes like 24 million dollars and has had to put her photographs and houses as collateral.  She stands to lose the rights to her own pictures, which is pretty awful. But to judge from the reports,she is just reaping what she's sown.I have never liked her work. You can read why here. When I read about her financial troubles, I was appalled, like everyone else, to learn that this woman, who was very highly paid, to put it mildly, owed $800,000 to her vendors, and at one point was so disorganized that s …

pica + pixel (pica-n-pixel.blogspot.com):
… In an 8-page tome, theNew York Timesdetailed the excesses of one of America's most famous photographer's, Annie Leibovitz. With homes, studios, and $800 plane rides for a custom journals, it seems clear that the lifestyle of the rich and famous she photographed had infiltrated her own life, much to her detrime …

The Popcorn Trick (thepopcorntrick.blogspot.com):
… gested I wanted to do something similar. Ok, this is what happens when you get mentally unbalanced people together. Or should I just say Hollywood people? And what is the Princess Leia monologue? A shock: Annie Leibovitz – of photography legend – is close tofinancial ruin. Guy recalls hanging out in Hitler’s bunker. You know, ordinary shit. I’m kicking myself for not thinking of this myself. Of course a gravity tractor could repel asteroids away from the Earth! …

deborahb (deborahbiancotti.net):
… Brain not much good today — kinda like a small child is living inside my head making ‘gah?!’ sounds at every new thing. But, lurgy has abated somewhat from this morning, which is cheering. Here’s some of what I read today: *Her debts now total a staggering $24 million, consolidated with one lender with whom she is engaged in a lawsuit and due in September. If she can’t meet that deadline, she may lose her homes and the rights to her life’s body of work. – “How Could This Happen to Annie Leibovitz?: The $24 million question”, Andrew Goldman * I thought ‘Well, fuck everybody’ and wrote the book I wanted to write. – A memorial to the late, great (irate, sensate) …

The Internet Eclectic (www.ieclectic.com):
… uide: U.S. Counties - Newberry Library now has an online reference for historical county boundaries (and how they have changed over time) When Grandma Goes To Court Top Innovation Blogs The Problem With PowerPoint (BBC) Happy Clouds Ohio is a PianoHow Could This Happen To Annie Liebovitz? (VanityFair) Built-in Curiosity: How To Mind A Gap (OpenForum) Personas Google Listen Computer animation (inner workings) of the Antikythera Just added to the Map Guide:   20 Fascinating Ancient Maps - Each tells a story - of …

The Moderate Voice (themoderatevoice.com):
… lawsuit brought by Art Capital Group is part of its continued harassment and attention-getting efforts. We accept that the allegations are false and apologise to Art Capital Group.’ NYMag: A factual matter regarding the Leibovitz story [link]. Goldman wrote in regard to a loan agreement that Leibovitz entered into with a company called Art Capital that, “Under the terms of the agreement, says a person familiar with the loan, Art Capital could be entitled to up to 22.5 percent of all …

Best I know ... (www.brandonmoeller.com):
… warp what’s left of my sanity. ART Time to take a bath: http://www.baldheretic.com/2009/08/09/bath-time Why being a professor is the best job in the world: http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2009-08-16/ Poor, poor Annie Leibovitz:http://nymag.com/fashion/09/fall/58346/GARDENING Hunting season for gardners?: h ttp://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=rjudd&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=rjudd&plckPostId=Blog%3arjuddPost%3a805907a5-17e1-4765-afa5-967e18cca9e8&plckController=PersonaBlog&plck …

Daily Intel (nymag.com):
… Actually, maybe only a hundred.” That's a lot of phone calls to make in a week! Especially the week before Labor Day. She better get cracking! Leibovitz’s $40 Million Astor Barns, Townhouses Might Ease Debt [Bloomberg] Related:How Could This Happen to Annie Leibovitz?[NYM] Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: annie leibovitz, famous people we're actually rooting for, real estate, rich people everyone likes, rich people no one minds being rich …

Queercents (www.queercents.com):
… en then, I was amazed at how someone who had achieved her commercial success could be so utterly challenged with the financial aspects of day to day life. But now I’m a believer. The New York Magazine has a fascinating read with its recent study by Andrew Goldman inHow Could This Happen to Annie Leibovitz?It’s several pages long, but basically explains how she had spent her way into a $24 million hole through the pretense of unlimited means: Leibovitz had also built a life that had become extraordinarily expensive to maintain. It wasn’t just the mortgages on th …

Always the Planner (alwaystheplanner.blogspot.com):
… Catching up on my New York Magazine this week I found myself engrossed in an article about howAnnie Leibovitzended up in serious financial trouble. I know it shouldn't, but it still shocks me when people who make a lot of money end up blowing it all. Perhaps it is because I'm so careful with my spending and dream of what I could do if I made even a little more. Back to Annie Le …

Lorraine Sommerfeld - Blog (www.lorraineonline.ca):
… Here's agreat articleyou won't think you want to read, but you will when you start. Annie Leibovitz, the photographer famous for snapping the more famous, is in a financial meltdown. That's not fun. But this article from New York Magazine is really, really well written, and a fascinating glimps …

The Times Planet Blog (blogs.thetimes.co.za):
… All the troubles in the world about 24 million dollars worth have landed on Ms Annie Liebowitz’s shoulders, I have been reading this tragic tale of mispent millionshere… but hubris it seems thy name is Annie - Eish…at least she still has the Vanity Fair contract (see above). On a less shocked note I do love the glorious styling for the Mad Men … Whilst we are on the subject of Liebowitz and her …

B L O G U E (blogue.us):
… as awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Center of Photography and- obviously no one can ever deny her a lifetime of iconic and extravagant photographs. Click to see some notables. Via:New York MagazineRelated Posts: James Bond for Louis Vuitton …

a fashion shooter (www.afashionshooter.com):
… next day in Rhinebeck. The plans included a petting zoo and performances by hipster kiddie singer Dan Zanes and country singer Rosanne Cash, who was being flown in to sing Sarah’s favorite lullaby.” The rest of the NY Mag story can be foundhere. While her more commercial work is not always my cup of tea, I find a lot of it to be simply amazing. I will point to some of her works which I love here, here, here, and here. Here are a few video clips… …

gloria's blog (gloriainafrica.blogspot.com):
… The sad tale of Annie Leibovitz' alphabet of woes is laid out in great detail in thisNY Magazine article. Read here about my association with Annie back when I owned the Baker Gallery. …

SPORT 24 - Media* (media.yooblog.gr):
… Πώς το έπαθε αυτό η Annie Leibovitz; Ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρονάρθρογια τη σπουδαία φωτογράφο που αυτό τον καιρό βιώνει δ&# …

Black Star Rising (rising.blackstar.com):
… business is not about what you make, but what you keep. Learning how to market your work is important. But as an independent photographer, you also need to understand how to manage a business. Sadly, one of the famous photographers in the world,Annie Leibovitz, had to teach us this lesson. As the New York Times described her situation: “One of the world’s most successful photographers essentially pawned every snap of the shutter she had made or will make until [her] loans are paid off.” …