While this book is a book of photography, it's also a memoir. Leibovitz describes her start in photography and also explains how her pictures were made, including her work with Rolling Stone magazine. She covers portraiture, including the intricacies of photographing Queen Elizabeth and the stories behind some of her most well-known photographs. She also discusses lighting, digital cameras, reportage, and more.
I have a few books of her photography, but I hadn't picked up this book. It was really interesting to learn about how she got started in photography and how she uses different kinds of lighting and cameras. It was also interesting to read the stories of some of these photographs. For example, the photo of Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi was a shoot that just wasn't producing what Leibovitz wanted --- until the idea of painting their faces blue was brought up; but apparently, Belushi really wasn't happy with that. Reading about her photographs of Queen Elizabeth was also really interesting. I think a lot of us can look at a photo and enjoy it, but not always understand all the work that goes into making that one perfect image.
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