2. • Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on October 2, 1949, Leibovitz is the third
of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-
grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Central and Eastern Europe.
Her father's parents had emigrated from Romania.[1] Her mother, Marilyn,
was a modern dance instructor of Estonian Jewish heritage; her father,
Sam Leibovitz, was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. The family
moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her
first pictures when he was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam
War.[2]
•
• In high school, she became interested in various artistic endeavors, and
began to write and play music. She attended the San Francisco Art
Institute, where she studied painting. For several years, she continued to
develop her photography skills while working various jobs, including a stint
on a kibbutz in Amir, Israel, for several months in 1969.[3]
![• Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on October 2, 1949, Leibovitz is the third
of six children. She is a third-generation American whose great-
grandparents were Jewish immigrants, from Central and Eastern Europe.
Her father's parents had emigrated from Romania.[1] Her mother, Marilyn,
was a modern dance instructor of Estonian Jewish heritage; her father,
Sam Leibovitz, was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. The family
moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her
first pictures when he was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam
War.[2]
•
• In high school, she became interested in various artistic endeavors, and
began to write and play music. She attended the San Francisco Art
Institute, where she studied painting. For several years, she continued to
develop her photography skills while working various jobs, including a stint
on a kibbutz in Amir, Israel, for several months in 1969.[3]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)