Annie Leibovitz Biography

Annie Leibovitz is a portrait photographer that was born on October 2, 1970 in

Waterbury, Connecticut. Her father, Sam Leibovitz, was in the military and her mother,

Marilyn Leibovitz, was a dancer. Her family and her lived in the Philippines when she

got enrolled into the San Francisco Art Institute, wanting to become an artist. It was not

until taking a night class in photography that she wanted to become a photography. She is

well known for her iconic portraits she takes of celebrities. She likes to exaggerate and

dramatize her work and make it different from others. Her inspiration for her

photography were from photographers like Richard Avedon and Robert Frank. Her work

involves using bold colors and poses that will be sure to leave an impression on the

person looking at her pictures. She got noticed after taking a picture of John Lennon and

a few short years later, she became the Chief photographer for “The Rolling Stone,”

magazine. She later documented the Rolling Stones concert tour and shot multiple photos

of the guitarist, Keith Richards and of the lead singer Mick Jagger. Annie Leibovitz

produced a 60 print show that toured the United States as well as Europe. Later in that

same year, she joined the “Vanity Fair,” team and she broadened her subjects to different

kinds of celebrities. What makes Annie Leibovitz unique is that she spends days at a time

studying her subjects lives which made her portraits have a different kind of vibe to them.