I get the impresssion that Annie Leibovitz is not a philosopher expressing herself through pictures but someone with a sharp eye for pictures who loves to shoot, whatever the subject. That makes her a very useful player, in that philosophy doesn’t get in the way of meeting her clients’ needs. She just takes whatever she can get hold of and makes a striking image out of it. The fact that it may be ridiculously overstaged doesn’t faze her all that much because it just means she has more to play with. And it seems to sell magazines, which is why it’s permitted.