Annie Leibovitz accused of racism after legendary photographer is accused of repeatedly failing to light black female subjects 'properly' after dim Vogue portrait of SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

UK Daily Mail ^ | August 19, 2022 | Jennifer Smith

[C19fan]

Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz has found herself in a racism row with critics of her dimly lit Vogue portrait of Ketanji Brown Jackson claiming it demonstrates her repeated failure to light black stars 'properly'. Leibovitz proudly shared her two photos of the Supreme Court justice on Twitter this week after they were published on Vogue's website.

[rktman]

Well since kadisha jackson brown can’t define wonxn I’d say she (?) is rather dim so...........................

[TribalPrincess2U]

I thought blacks owned the black look. They hate whites wearing big loop earrings and doing the afro/braids look.

Why do they want to bleach and straighten their hair?
They must want to look white. So what’s the photo problem. lol

[Chicory]

Two of the four samples in a group were odd in that one had a woman a lot like the picture of the judge, and in the other, the woman’s head was not included.

[frank ballenger]

Photo caption....

You best make me look like Halle Barry or I go upside yo’ haid big time. Kiss goodbye to your career, too, sister. Dig?

[TribalPrincess2U]

LIKE!

[rktman]

😁👍

[dsrtsage]

Her sister Fawn was making me a pot

[Chode]

[frank ballenger]

Used to be easy to help someone or ask for help.
Now check their ID, show your Covid card, wear a mask and don’t let it be between people of different races. Like walking on egg shells.

[dfwgator]

I felt squeamish then

No he didn't.

[dfwgator]

Oh, that minx.

[nesnah]

Her sister Fawn was making me a pot

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😆

[Gaffer]

Mad she didn’t make her look more white.

[EEGator]

I prefer Stacy Dash.

[Jane Long]

Wouldn’t it be funny if she uses the same camera settings … regardless of skin tone?

[jz638]

Annie Liebovitz has a very distinctive photography style. The colors are washed out and the lighting is deliberately dim. The whole point of her style is to evoke an emotional response as if you are looking at a photograph from another time... like back in time when being racist and treating black people poorly was ok.

[definitelynotaliberal]

Ha! Love it when libs go after each other.

I do, too! There's no other feeling like it.

[kiryandil]

It’s worse than that - she’s racist, Jim.

[MV=PY]

Love it!

There’s no pleasing the perpetually offended.

[Yossarian]

I’ll just say this:

The subject: KBJ - is poorly lit, and the lighting wouldn’t have worked even for Edgar Winters.

It was a subpar outing by Leibovitz, who can do better.