Pilgramage by Annie Leibovitz

There is no denying Annie Leibovitz is a great photographer.  That’s why I found it so odd that the photo which adorns her new book is, for lack of a better word, plain.

She was interviewed recently and spoke about how she went with her three young children to Niagara Falls. She said “that’s when I started making lists of subjects to photograph”.  Among the iconic Niagara Falls, she also took pictures of the houses of Virginia Woolf and Charles Darwin in the English countryside and Sigmund Freud’s final home, in London.

I visited Niagara Falls this past summer with my wife (who I think broke the record for most photos taken of the falls).  It was a warm, sunny day and all the tourists were enjoying the views and of course, taking lots of photos.  I thought to myself at the time how easy it was to snap breath-taking photos of this natural wonder.

Now, I don’t want to start an argument, but I challenge you to tell me her photo is better.  The angles between the two pictures are a little different, but I think our photo uses the light better 🙂