Anna lou leibovitz biography sample
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Leibovitz, Annie
Writings
A Photographer's Life, 1990–2005 (New York, 2006)Find this resource:
S. DeLano, ed.: Annie Leibovitz at Work (New York, 2008) [conversations with S. DeLano]Find this resource:
American Ballet Theatre: The First Fifty Years—Portraits by Annie Leibovitz (New York, 1989)Find this resource:
Photographs: Annie Leibovitz (New York, 1991)Find this resource:
Dancers (Washington, 1992)Find this resource:
Olympic Portraits (Boston, 1996)Find this resource:
American Music (New York, 2003)Find this resource:
M. Harris: Aperture: On Location—Studio Visits with Annie Leibovitz, Lorna Simpson, Susan Meiselas, Cindy Sherman, Adam Fuss, Joel-Peter Witkin, Jon Goodman (New York, 1993)Find this resource:
AnnieLeibovitz: Women (exh. cat., text by S. Sontag, Miami, FL, A. Mus., and elsewhere, 2001–2)Find this resource:
J. Scott: “From Annie Leibovitz: Life, and Death, Examined,” NY Times (6 Oct 2006)Find this resource:
C. Molesworth: “The P
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Summary of Annie Leibovitz
Possessing a selective eye that can transition between pop stars, politicians, and royalty Annie Leibovitz has the ability to both critique and celebrate celebrity culture in equal measure, and has created some of the most controversial and popular images of the last 40 years. Inspired by the documentary tradition, but equally comfortable with theatrical staging, Leibovitz's photographs bridge commercial and fine art. She has documented countercultural figures and musicians for experimental publications since the late 1960s, and continued the creative artistic photographic legacy of established magazines such as Vanity Fair.
Accomplishments
- Annie Leibovitz's is best known for her portraiture and her unique ability to exaggerate and enhance the characteristics of her subjects. Iconic figures spanning celebrity, creative, and intellectual circles have sought to work with Leibovitz in admiration of her interpretive perspective.
- Leibovitz was an activ
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“What is a photographer’s life? It’s just a life, looking through a lens.”
Anna-Lou ‘Annie’ Leibovitz was born in Conneticut USA in 1949. Her mother was a dancer and her father was in the Air Force, and she spent much of her early life moving around with her parents and her 5 siblings. She took her first photos whilst her father was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War, and upon returning to the USA in 1967 she studied painting in the San Francisco Art Institute in the hope of becoming an art teacher. But after taking a photography workshop the following summer, her career took a different rutt and she joined Rolling Stone Magazine as their photographer. Over her long and varied career she has been on tour with the Rolling Stones, taken the last photograph of John Lennon before he was murdered, worked for Vanity Fair and Vogue – taking the now iconic image of a pregnant Demi Moore, documented the troubles in Sarajevo in