Annie Leibovitz and Her Google Pixel 4
Vision Slightly Blurred
English - November 25, 2019 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB - ★★★★ - 38 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Technology photography photographer culture technology business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Google tapped Annie Leibovitz to help launch the Pixel 4 smartphone with a series of diptychs and videos (shot on Pixel) of social activists around the U.S. According to TIME magazine, Google essentially gave Leibovitz carte blanche to select and shoot the subjects as she saw fit. But are the results compelling?
In this episode of Vision Slightly Blurred, Sarah and Allen recount their visceral reaction to the project (e.g. "sellout"), whether tech brands should keep pushing the "Shot on Pixel/iPhone" narrative, and feeling nostalgia for Leibovitz's earlier work.