The artist I chose to research is Annie Leibovitz. She was born on October 2 1949 in Waterbury, Connecticut. She is best known for her intimate portraits- typically with celebrities. Her most famous magazine cover being of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. She became the first woman to hold an exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery in 1991. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute for painting, but switched to photography some time later.
Leibovitz was hired to the Rolling Stone Magazine in 1970 where she became the head photographer in just two years at the age of 23. With them she toured and really got her name into the photography world. In 1980 she began working on even more high-profile campaigns such as American Express. Her portraits led her to win a Clio Award in 1987.
In 1991 her collection of over 200 photos were exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. She also published several books; Photographs: Annie Leibovitz, 1970-1990, Women,1999, and American Music, 2003. In 1996 she worked as the official photographer of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A compilation of her black-and-white portraits of American athletes were published in the book Olympic Portraits.
My favorite photo of hers is this portrait of Woopie Golberg. I like the emotion and how it is different than her normal photography. I lover her ability to always male the model the center of attention.Sources:https://www.widewalls.ch/annie-leibovitz-photos/queen-elizabeth-ii-2007/
https://milk.xyz/articles/4310-annie-leibovitz-s-women-is-here-for-an-empowering-comeback/
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