AROUND TOWN

Capturing
the Moment

Event co-chairs Melissa Shulman of Birmingham
and Nicole Eisenberg of Bloomfield Hills

Jeff Moosekian of Ferndale and
David Crain of Troy

A picture-perfect YAD event benefits the DIA.

Brian Elias and Margo Miller of West Bloomfield

Lenny and Shirley Cetner of West Bloomfield

Mychal Glass of Farmington Hills and
Jennifer Rosenthal of Franklin

John Antonini of Bllomfield Hills and

Leslie and Sean Harrington of Detroit

Lauren Rakolta, Wendy Alterman and
Cathy Rosenthal, all of Bloomfield Hills

Emmylou Harris, Franklin, Tenn., as shot by Annie Leibowitz

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knives at drummer Meg White, as if
nnie Leibovitz is like a
they were part of a circus act. Another
rock star in the world of
depicts the late country music star Johnny
photography, with behind-
Cash and his daughter Rosanne
the-scenes access
Cash casually strumming gui-
to music legends that few oth-
tars together on a front porch in
ers have. So her portraits of
Hiltons, Va.
American musicians, from Iggy
Leibovitz, who is Jewish,
Pop and Eminem to Willie
began her iconic career as a
Nelson and Aretha Franklin,
photographer for Rolling Stone
offer a unique look at these
magazine early in the 1970s
artists captured out of the
ROBIN SC HWARTZ
and has also worked for more
spotlight's glare.
COLUM NIST
than 20 years as a portrait pho-
During a chic ArtSeen
tographer for Vanity Fair. She
event, about 600 young adults
PHOTOGR APHY BY
has published six books of her
filled the Detroit Institute
ANGIE BAAN
photographs, and in July she
of Arts for a private showing
made headlines once again as
of her photos in the exhibit
the commissioned photographer of Suri
"Annie Leibovitz: American Music."
Cruise, daughter of Tom Cruise and
The evening of mingling, hors d'oeuvres,
Katie Holmes.
cocktails and music was sponsored jointly
Her DIA exhibit helped draw the
by the DIA's Founders Junior Council
largest
crowd since the Founders Junior
and the Young Adult Division of the
Council and YAD began working
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
together three years ago. The events are
Detroit.
designed to showcase Detroit's cultural
"The photos are so intriguing," said
scene and strengthen support for the
Jill Menuck of Birmingham. "They're
DIA.
very beautiful and complex." Added
"My parents took me here when I was
event co-chair Melissa Shulman of
young,
and it's fun to see something I
Birmingham, "It's amazing how well
don't
usually
have access to," said Brian
Annie Leibovitz captures a moment. I
Satovsky of Birmingham. "This is the
was especially interested in the last room,
only collaboration of young-adult orga-
where there are portraits of Detroit art-
nizations in the area," added Nicole
ists."
Eisenberg of Bloomfield Hills, another
The exhibition shows a collection of
event co-chair. "We work so well togeth-
70 color and black-and-white photo-
er, and we've really created an event that's
graphs of modern musicians as well as
appealing and accessible to both of our
several images taken in the late 1970s
audiences. This is just the beginning."
and 1980s. One image has Jack White,
Spotted in the crowd at the Oct. 12
lead singer of the Detroit-based minimal
ArtSeen event were: YAD President
ist rock duo the White Stripes, throwing

Jeff Chaney of Bloomfield Hills

Jennifer Friedman of Huntington
Woods; Lenny and Shirley Cetner
and Brad "Bubba" Urdan of West
Bloomfield; Andrea and Jeff Belen of
Berkley; Jason Chess of Waterford;
Lilly Epstein and Alex Stotland,
Jennifer and Todd Kroll, Laura and

Jackie Layne of West Bloomfield

Eileen Kiriluk and Alia Dietz, both of Bloomfield Hills

David Gorosh, Lisa Menuck and
Sara Zonder, all of Birmingham;
Rachel Tucker and Karen Safran,
both of Farmington Hills; and
Allison Goldstein, Michael
Silverstein and Eli Natinsky, all of
Royal Oak. 1:1

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