Biography worksheet : Annie leibovitz Leonor Garcia 10.26.

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The reson Annie leibovitz is important The same year leibovitz joined vanity fair and

was made the magazine’s first contributing photographer. At vanity fair she became known for

her wildly lit, staged, and provocative portraits of celebrities. Her birthday was October 2, 1949

at water bury, ct and her mom is Marilyn leibovitz and her dad is sam leibovitz her siblings are

Barbara leibovitz , susan leibovitz Steinman, Philip leibovitz , Paula leibovitz. Some important

events of Annie leibovitz life is that she was in a intimate romantic relationship with writer and

film maker susan sontag whom she met in 1989. Their relationship lasted till sontag’s death in

2004. Annie leibovitz accomplishments is that she won the prestigious international advertising

award, the clio award in 1987 for her celebrity photographs for an advertising campaign for

American express charge cards. The royal Photographic society presented her with the

centrnary Medal and Honoraty Fellowship in 2009 for her significant contribution to the art for

photography. One of Annie leibovitz quote where “ My hope is that we continue to nurture

the places that we also look outside our immediate worlds.” Annie leibovitz personal

information facts was she was born on the Run , leibovitz was born in connecticut in 1949, One

of six children of an Air force lieutenant colonel and a dance instructor mother, with a father in

the armed forces, leibovitz moved often during her youth, but one constant was the dance

classes she took from her mother and other instructors.