Annie Leibovitz, the celebrity photographer, is turning to Colony Capital, a private equity firm better known for its real estate investments, for loans to help clean up her finances, people familiar with the deal said. | 据知情人士透露，著名摄影师安妮·莱博维茨(Annie Leibovitz)已向私人股本公司柯罗尼资本(Colony Capital)寻求贷款援助，以帮助她度过财务危机。柯罗尼公司以在房地产市场的投资闻名。 |
Under terms of their arrangement, Colony will become Ms Leibovitz’s sole creditor and help her market a library of photographs that includes such images as her Vanity Fair magazine cover of a naked, pregnant Demi Moore and her Rolling Stone photo of a nude John Lennon embracing Yoko Ono. | 根据双方达成的协议，柯罗尼资本将成为莱博维茨唯一的债权人，并将帮助后者推广其众多摄影作品。这些作品包括曾发表在《名利场》杂志封面上的一张影星黛米·摩尔(Demi Moore)怀孕时的裸体照，以及发表在《滚石》上的一张裸体的约翰·列侬(John Lennon)拥抱小野洋子(Yoko Ono)的照片。 |
Ms Leibovitz, 60, was at risk of losing the rights to her photographs and her three Greenwich Village townhouses after falling behind on payments to Art Capital, a firm that describes its speciality as assisting “artists in creating liquidity from art assets”. Ms Leibovitz had an agreement to borrow up to $24m (€17.6m) from Art Capital. | 60岁的莱博维茨由于无法按期偿付她拖欠艺术资本集团(Art Capital)的债务，有可能会失去对其作品的所有权、以及她位于纽约格林威治村的三套连排别墅。艺术资本集团自称专长是帮助“艺术家们从其艺术资产中创造流动性”，此前曾与莱博维茨签署协议，允许后者借贷至多2400万美元。 |
Ms Leibovitz will retain the rights to more than 100,000 photographs and about 1m negatives stored in a warehouse in Manhattan. | 获得援助的莱博维茨将能保留超过10万张摄影作品和约100万张底片的所有权。这些照片和底片都储藏在曼哈顿的一个仓库中。 |
“We will be partners in managing her assets and her business so that Annie can spend her time and focus in pursuing her passion as only she can do,” said Tom Barrack, founder of Los-Angeles-based Colony, which manages about $30bn. | 总部位于洛杉矶的柯罗尼资本的创始人汤姆·巴拉克(Tom Barrack)说：“我们将成为安妮的合作伙伴，帮助管理她的资产和业务，以便能够让她专注于挥洒她的摄影激情。”柯罗尼资本管理着约300亿美元的资产。 |
Potential plans include travelling photographic exhibitions, and printing fine art copies of her work, he said. | 他表示，可能的商业计划包括巡回展出莱博维茨的摄影作品，以及将其摄影作品制成精美的印刷品。 |
“Colony is a dedicated and creative team,” Ms Leibovitz said. “We will be working on new projects and I will have the support and freedom necessary for nurturing my work and preserving my archive.” | “柯罗尼有一个专注且富有创造力的团队，”莱博维茨说。“我们会一起做新的项目，我将得到帮助和更多的自由度，来从事创作以及保留以往作品。” |
Art Capital declined to comment. | 艺术资本集团拒绝对此事进行置评。 |
This is the second time Colony has been involved in a transaction involving a prominent show business figure. In May 2008, Colony purchased a loan with a face value of about $23.5m on Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch. Colony has not disclosed the price it paid for the loan, but the transaction left it with the rights to the late entertainer’s 2,700-acre estate in California. | 这是柯罗尼资本第二次与艺术界知名人物签署协议。2008年5月，该公司购得针对迈克尔·杰克逊(Michael Jackson)梦幻庄园的一笔面值为2350万美元的债权。柯罗尼资本没有透露它为这笔交易花了多少钱，但该交易使得该公司拥有了这位已故歌星占地2700英亩的庄园的所有权。 |
Colony plans to put the Neverland property up for sale and anticipates bids ranging from $50m-$100m, according to people familiar with the matter. | 据知情人士透露，柯罗尼资本目前正计划出售梦幻庄园，售价预计在5000万至1亿美元之间。 |
2010年03月09日 14:49 PM
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摄影师安妮·莱博维茨度过财务危机 Colony Capital to take over Leibovitz’s loans
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