Born in 1949 in Waterbury, Connecticut, Annie Leibovitz enrolled in the San Francisco Art Institute intent on studying painting. It was not until she traveled to Japan with her mother the summer after her sophomore year that she discovered her interest in taking photographs. When she returned to San Francisco that fall, she began taking night classes in photography.Jann Wenner is the founding efitor of Rolling Stone and being that Wenner liked her portfolio, he gave Leibovitz her first job: John Lennon. Leibovitz’s black-and-white portrait of the shaggy-looking Beatle graced the cover of the January 21, 1971 issue. Two years later she was named Rolling Stone chief photographer.In 1980 Rolling Stone sent Leibovitz to photograph John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who had recently released their album “Double Fantasy.” For the portrait Leibovitz imagined that the two would pose together nude. Lennon disrobed, but Ono refused to take off her pants. Leibovitz “was kinda disappointed,” according to Rolling Stone, and so she told Ono to leave her clothes on(below).
Annie Leibovitz said that, "I was never taught lighting in school, only black-and-white. I had to learn color by myself." Annie also served as the official photographer for the Rolling Stones’ 1975 world tour, shooting Keith Richard and Mick Jagger.
Annie Leibovitz:Photographs,the photographer’s first book, was published in 1983. The same year Leibovitz joined
Vanity Fair and was made the magazine’s first contributing photographer.At
Vanity Fairshe became known for her wildly lit, staged, and provocative portraits of celebrities. Leibovitz’s most recent book,
A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005, includes her trademark celebrity portraits. But it also features personal photographs from Leibovitz’s life: her parents, siblings, children, nieces and nephews, and Sontag.To the right is a photograph of Micheal Jordan, a side shot and pictured below is Angelina Jolie in a bathtub shoot.
Born in 1949 in Waterbury, Connecticut, Annie Leibovitz enrolled in the San Francisco Art Institute intent on studying painting. It was not until she traveled to Japan with her mother the summer after her sophomore year that she discovered her interest in taking photographs. When she returned to San Francisco that fall, she began taking night classes in photography.Jann Wenner is the founding efitor of Rolling Stone and being that Wenner liked her portfolio, he gave Leibovitz her first job: John Lennon. Leibovitz’s black-and-white portrait of the shaggy-looking Beatle graced the cover of the January 21, 1971 issue. Two years later she was named Rolling Stone chief photographer.In 1980 Rolling Stone sent Leibovitz to photograph John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who had recently released their album “Double Fantasy.” For the portrait Leibovitz imagined that the two would pose together nude. Lennon disrobed, but Ono refused to take off her pants. Leibovitz “was kinda disappointed,” according to Rolling Stone, and so she told Ono to leave her clothes on(below).
Annie Leibovitz said that, "I was never taught lighting in school, only black-and-white. I had to learn color by myself." Annie also served as the official photographer for the Rolling Stones’ 1975 world tour, shooting Keith Richard and Mick Jagger.
Annie Leibovitz:Photographs,the photographer’s first book, was published in 1983. The same year Leibovitz joined Vanity Fair and was made the magazine’s first contributing photographer.AtVanity Fairshe became known for her wildly lit, staged, and provocative portraits of celebrities. Leibovitz’s most recent book, A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005, includes her trademark celebrity portraits. But it also features personal photographs from Leibovitz’s life: her parents, siblings, children, nieces and nephews, and Sontag.To the right is a photograph of Micheal Jordan, a side shot and pictured below is Angelina Jolie in a bathtub shoot.
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