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Daily Arts Writer time as an undergrad in the'40s.
"Every season is good, but the
fine art photography of changing in the leaves is just won-
per mogul and University derful," Lipsey said. "Now that
tanford Lipsey captures I'm back at Michigan, I love these
angles trees, where the tips of the leaves
natural AU*4of are changing and the body is still
nanufac- green - I think it's magnificent."
environ- Form: Lipsey established his life-
o make P r long interest in photography and
ompari- journalism as a photographer
form. bY StanfOrd for The Michigan Daily and The
n- Limy Michiganensian more than 60
Form," years ago, and those days are still
exhibit Trough Nov.2 remembered fondly. In 2005, he
Duder- Monday-Friday donated $3 million to renovate
Gallery, 12-6 p.m. the Student Publications Build-
of a Duderstadt Gallery ing. The photography he did in
if juxta- Free Ann Arbor was mostly photo-
images, journalism - which he considers
photo entirely separate from the fine art
tiered calla lilies paired photography he has pursued since
aother picture of a sharp the 1970s.
per with the same tiered "When I'm shooting, by and
re. The 45 photographs are large what happens is I put on a
ns from his 2009 book of whole new set of eyes, and I'm
e name. really much more observant," he
h in bright color, the pho- said. "When I would go cover a
ic pairs tend to crop and football game, obviously, I was
y one aspect of perspective shooting a football, but now when
ify similarities within and I'm out shooting, I just look for
whatever is worth capturing in the
moment."
An Omaha, Nebraska native,
um 'Sphotos Lipsey worked his way up to the
helm of the Omaha Sun Newspa-
:apose angles pers, a chain of weekly papers,
natural and after he joined the staff in 1952.
He sold the Sun to Warren Buffett
ban worlds in 1969, butremained at the paper
" through the '70s, winning a Pulit-
zer Prize in 1973 for a local inves-
tigative piece. Buffett asked Lipsey
n nature and construe- to oversee the Buffalo News in
Lipsey does not have a New York in 1980, and he became
scheme" when he holds a publisher within a few years, a
but the end results reflect position he maintains to this day.
enity of the environment Fine artphotography is "a world
apressing human presence. of its own," apart from photojour-
photographs, produced nalism and journalism, Lipsey
ed editions of 10 each and said, but he does see the con-
it $500 to $1,000, capture nection between his success in
locations throughout the journalism and his success in pho-
Frm France to Costa Rica tography.
ornia. The exhibit presents "When I went to Buffalo, the
recent as 2010 and as early town was having terrible eco-
nomic problems, and I had to be
ugh Lipsey features shots very innovative and creative," he
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hiscamerawithhimonhis spills over into my photography.
nor visit to open the exhibit My photography is very innova-
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By BEN VERDI
DailyArts Writer
You know when a football team
with a traditional offense sud-
denly lines up in some crazy for-
mation before the snap, and the
whole stadium
buzzes at the
possibility that
some big trick Life AsWe
play is coming
up? These gim- KNW it
micky plays are At Qualityl6
ones that coach- and Rave
es dream up in
moments of bril- Warner Bros.
liance, but when
the "trick" is given away before the
snap, it almost never works out.
"Life As We Know It" begins
as if something about it could be
special, but gives away its big "sur-
prise" way too quickly - in the
trailer, in fact.
Before we step into the theater,
we're informed that the parents
of adorable toddler Sophie die in
a car accident, and that's why her
Godparents - Holly (Katherine
Heigl, "The Ugly Truth") and Eric
(Josh Duhamel, "Transformers
2: Revenge of the Fallen") - are
brought together to help raise
her despite their disdain for each
other. Before they fall in love, that
is. (Oops! Spoiler alert!)
Katherine Heigl in a movie about
raising a baby she didn't expect to
have with a man she initially finds
repulsive ... if this synopsis feels
familiar to you, you're not alone.
Once the unusual circumstances
at the outset is past, you have defi-
nitely seen the rest of this movie
before.
The film's conflict stems from

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"Seriously?I got impregnated by Seth Rogen, haven't I been through enough."

life-alteringexperiences thatthrow
both Heigl and Duhamel's previous
plans to the wind, forcing them to
overcome their differences for the
sake of Sophie. But, since the audi-
ence is completely aware that this
big shock is coming, the movie not
only loses some of its edge and abil-
ity to surprise, it makes the entire
story less meaningful.
Most of the credit for this film's
shortcomings goes to its poorly
conceived trailer, but some blame
has to fall on the storyline itself,
which - after the surprise that we
knew was coming happens - feels
like almost every other Katherine
Heigl movie.
While Heigl and Duhamel are
supposed to portray a set of sympa-

thetic characters, once we realize
what their "surprising" situation
actually is, we don't really feel bad
them. Eric, a token playboy, chang-
es little to nothing about his "me-
first" lifestyle until the end, and
actually has more random hookups
because of the baby.
Holly, while pressed for time
at her bourgeoning pastry shop,
has no trouble providing for little
Sophie, whose deceased parents
left her and Eric with a complete-
ly paid for, "MTV Cribs"-style
mansion. The only expenses our
heroes have to worry about are
food and diapers, and the time
they spend in their late friends'
palace makes their experience
of raising a child feel more like a

comedic, sex-filled vacation than
a serious attempt at not screw-
ing up a kid's life. There's enough
comedy in "Life As We Know It"
to make it bearable, but that's not
saying much.
What bad coaches and bad
artists don't realize - and why
their trick plays don't work - is
that you have to master the basic,
"easy" plays before you try pulling
out something huge. This movie
has a potentially poignant starting
point that hasn't been done before,
but it becomes clear as the movie
goes on that "Life As We Know It"
is a traditional, easily understood
(and defeated) concept. It's just
run out of an unconventional for-
mation.

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