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Annie Leibovitz
Born Anna-Lou Leibovitz
October 2, 1949 (age 65)
Waterbury, Connecticut,U.S.
Nationality American
Education San Francisco Art Institute
Known for Photography
Vanity Fair
In 1983, Leibovitzleft RollingStone andbeganworking for the entertainment magazine VanityFair. With a wider array of
subjects, Leibovitz’s photographs for VanityFair rangedfrom presidents to literaryicons to teen heartthrobs. To date, a
number of VanityFair covers have featured Leibovitz’s stunning- andoftencontroversial- portraits of celebrities. Demi
Moore (verypregnant and verynude) andWhoopi Goldberg (half-submerged ina bathtub of milk) are among the most
rememberedactresses to grace the cover in recent years. Knownfor her ability to make her sitters become physically
involvedinher work, one of Leibovitz’s most famous portraits is of the late artist KeithHaring, who painted himself like
one of his canvases for the photo.
More Accomplishments
During the late 1980s, Leibovitz startedto work ona number of high-profile advertisingcampaigns. The most notable was
the American Express“Membership” campaign, for whichher portraits of celebritycardholders, like Elmore Leonard, Tom
Selleck, and Luciano Pavarotti, earned her a 1987 Clio Award.
In 1991, Leibovitz’s collectionof over 200 color andblack-and-white photographs were exhibitedat the National Portrait
GalleryinWashington, D.C. Later that year, a bookwas published to accompany the show title d Photographs: Annie
Leibovitz1970-1990. In 1996, Leibovitz waschosen as the official photographer of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta,
Georgia. A compilation ofher black-and-white portraits of Americanathletes, including Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson,
were published in the book Olympic Portraits (1991).

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Later Work
Widelyconsidered one of America’s best portrait photographers, Annie Leibovitzpublishedthe bookWomen (1999), which
was accompaniedbyanessaybyfriendandnovelist SusanSontag. Withits title subject matter, Leibovitz presented an
arrayof female images from Supreme Court Justices to Vegasshowgirls to coal miners andfarmers. Currently, manyof her
original prints are housed in various galleries throughout the United States.
In 2005, the BrooklynMuseumof Art dida retrospective onher work entitled "Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life,
1990-2005." As busyas ever, Annie Leibovitz continues to be indemand as portrait photographer, often capturing arresting
images of today’s celebrities.
Annie’sportrait work:
(Extreme Close-Up)
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, April 2002

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I recently ran across this coolvideo fromthe 80s of fashion and celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz sharing great behind the
scenes stories of some of her most famous photographs including the infamous shot of John Lennon and Yoko One that
appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. This has alw aysbeen one of my favorite photographs.
(Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rob Besserer)
In the video interview with Annie, she explains how she lights her portraits using a combination of constant (or ambient light)
mixed w ith strobe. By leaving her shutter open for a long exposure, she can bring in the light from the room or background and
w ith a short burst of light froma strobe she can light her subject separately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdFDkQJJDYs
http://jodijonesstudio.com/a-young-annie-leibovitz-shares-her-lighting-technique

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(Karlie Kloss Photographed for Vogue
by Annie Leibovitz)
There’sSomething AboutKarlie
“She’s the face of major fashion
campaigns (Dior, YSL, and Donna Karan);
her face was ubiquitous on the New
York, Milan, and Paris runways; and
after yesterday’s E! segment, it’s safe to
say that Karlie Kloss is well on her way to
becoming the next great supermodel.
We like to think we knew there was
something special about Karlie before
anyone else did. And so we looked back
through our archives to her early
appearances in Vogue (at 16!) to bring
you Karlie’s best moments in the
magazine.”
http://vogue.tumblr.com/post/1487969615/karlie-kloss-photographed-for-vogue-by-annie