Jul 21 2010
Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz
The Most Celebrated Photographer of our Time
Annie worked for Rolling Stone until 1983, and her intimate photographs of celebrities helped define the Rolling Stone lookAnnie Leibovitz is a unique photographer, the recipient of many honours, including being decorated a Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2006. She has covered Richard Nixon’s resignation and Barack Obama’s campaign, along with a Rolling Stones Tour, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, The Blues Brothers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Keith Haring, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Patti Smith, George W. Bush, William S. Burroughs, Kate Moss and Queen Elizabeth.
“Annie worked for Rolling Stone until 1983, and her intimate photographs of celebrities helped define the Rolling Stone look”
When Annie Leibovitz returned to the US in 1970, she started her career as staff photographer, working for the recently launched Rolling Stone magazine. In 1973, publisher Jann Wenner named her chief photographer of Rolling Stone, a job she would hold for 10 years and going on to shoot for Vanity Fair and Vogue. She has created several influential advertising campaigns, including her award-winning work for American Express and the Gap, and has collaborated with many arts organizations. She was chosen as the official photographer of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.[/expand]
Annie Leibovitz’s large and distinguished body of work encompasses some of the most well-known portraits of our time. She provides fascinating insights into how she catches her subjects at their most “real” and discusses portraiture, reportage, fashion photography, lighting, and digital cameras.[/expand]
America’s most renowned portrait photographer, Annie Leibovitz’s presentations are delivered expertly using images from her unqiue persepctive.[/expand]
Topics
Portrait Photography
Portraiture
Reportage
Fashion Photography
Lighting
Digital Cameras
Publications
2009
A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005
2008
Annie Leibovitz at Work
2000
Women (with Susan Sontag)
1996
Olympic Portraits
1984
Annie Leibovitz – Photographs
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