I’ll freely admit that I’ve never been a huge fan of Annie Leibovitz. I admire what she’s done with her career, for women in photography, and for photography in general. I’ve just never personally been a big fan of her work. I always found it a little too glam. Maybe a little to produced and commercial.

That initial impression changed slightly when I checked out her book, A Photographer’s Life, but I still had that small bit of disinterest lingering.

Well, I don’t know how many of you caught the American Masters: Annie Leibovitz documentary that aired on PBS last night, but that hour-and-a-half special changed a lot of my views of Leibovitz and her work. Kudos to PBS for taking the time to give a good scope of her entire career rather than focusing simply on her magazine and commercial work.

If you haven’t seen it yet, I’m sure PBS will replay it about a million times, so be sure to check your local listings. It’s a great piece about an undeniably important artist.

More later.