Annie Leibovitz is an American photographer born in 1949 in Waterbury, Connecticut. She began taking photographs during her father's military service in the Philippines. She studied painting and photography at the San Francisco Art Institute. After jobs in Israel and at Rolling Stone magazine, she became a prolific portrait photographer, photographing celebrities and musicians for Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. Some of her most famous subjects included John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Bruce Springsteen, and Queen Elizabeth II.

1. Annie Leibovitz
By Anthony Richards

2. Early Life
• D.O.B – October 2, 1949
• Place of Birth – Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.A

3. Career
• She took her first photographs when her father was
stationed in the Phillipines during the Vietnam War.
• She went to the San Francisco Art Institute studying
painting while honing her photography skills. She continued
this through several jobs over the next few years.
• After returning to the America from Israel she became head
of photography of the newly-launched Rolling Stone
magazine.
• She has photographed the Rolling Stones, Joan
Armatrading, John Lennon.
• She has also worked for Vanity Fair magazine and mounted
an exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery.

4. Examples of Her Work
This was meant to
show what Lennon’s
relationship with
Yoko Ono meant to
both of them. The
This is meant to style is very personal
celebrate the and intimate.
model’s beauty
and sell
magazines. This shows that
Bruce Springsteen is
a normal blue-collar
working-class
American who is
proud of his
This photo shows how
country.
regal and serious the
Queen is.