Tom Fudge: The late Andy Warhol once said his definition of great photograph is, "one of a famous person that is in focus."
By that measure, Annie Leibovitz is surely a great photographer because she has taken a lot of well-focused pictures of the rich and the famous. Most people know her work from the celebrity shots that appear on the front of magazines like Vanity Fair .
But she does get respect as a serious photographer. And on Saturday, an exhibition of her work opens at the San Diego Museum of Art. The Annie Leibovitz exhibition is one of the things we'll be talking about during today's Weekend Preview.
Frankie Laine died this week in San Diego. A long-time resident of Point Loma. He saw his greatest popularity in the ‘50s and ‘60s. He's famous for singing the theme song to the TV show Rawhide . Other hits included That Lucky Old Sun and I Believe . He was 93 when he died.
Guests
- David Coddon , assistant arts editor for the San Diego Union Tribune
- Jessica Hanson , freelance writer and author of the blog, www.eastgirlswest.com
Music Clip1: Vertigo by The Guggenheim Grotto, from the album Waltzing Alone (2006)
Music Clip2: Hold On by Los Lobos, from the album The Town and the City (2006)
Music Clip3: That Lucky Old Sun by Frankie Laine, from the album Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits (1987)
End Music:
The Slockit Light
by Frankie Lane, from the album
Binn Blasta: The Irish Traditional Music Special
(1998)
