a b c "Annie Leibovitz Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works". The Art Story . Retrieved March 26, 2018. For many years Leibovitz's camera of choice was a Mamiya RZ67. [10] [11] She also has used the following cameras: Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as Blues Brothers, Rolling Stone cover, 1979 The Day of the Photoshoot Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson, both nude, with a fully clothed Tom Ford, for the cover of Vanity Fair 's March 2006 Hollywood Issue. [86] Leibovitz was commissioned by the Olympic Games Committee to take portraits of participating athletes leading up to the games in 1996. This assignment yielded both a book, Olympic Portraitsand a traveling exhibition.

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She collaborated with writers including Tim Cahill, Hunter Thompson and Tom Wolfe, taking photographs as they gathered story material. Her initial work consisted of candid shots taken while following subjects. Marion Cotillard for Lady Dior by Annie Leibovitz". DesignScene.net. August 21, 2009 . Retrieved August 2, 2014. Leibovitz was the last person to professionally photograph Lennon‍—‌he was shot and killed five hours later. A month or so later, Rolling Stone gave grieving music fans his "last image". To date, Leibovitz has published nine books: Annie Leibovitz: Photographs(1983), Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970–1990(1991), Olympic Portraits(1996), Women(1999), American Music(2003), A Photographer’s Life: 1990–2005(2006), Annie Leibovitz at Work(2008), Pilgrimage(2011), and Annie Leibovitz (2014).Letters from GVSHP to LPC". Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017 . Retrieved September 19, 2014. This was an opportunity to do something that I couldn’t do for anyone else,” said Annie Leibovitz . One of her photos from an anti-war demonstration was used for the cover of a magazine devoted to campus riots and protests. RISD Commencement 2017". commencement.risd.edu. Rhode Island School of Design . Retrieved July 3, 2018.

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Somerstein, Rachel (October 27, 2008). "Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens". PBS.org . Retrieved May 18, 2017. Leibovitz’s best-known image from her Rolling Stoneperiod is that of John Lennon embraced by the fully clothed Yoko Ono, taken on the day of Lennon’s murder – the Polaroid was taken just a few hours before the former Beatle was murdered by a deranged fan. First Look: New Obama Family Portrait". whitehouse.gov. December 15, 2011 . Retrieved November 11, 2015– via National Archives. Annie Leibovitz is an institution in photography – an iconic one at that. As of 2019, her career spans fifty years; no mean feat for any profession, let alone a creative pursuit. In this time she has documented everything from The Rolling Stones in all their sweaty glory to bloodshed in Sarajevo.In 2003, Leibovitz’s partner of 15-years, Susan Sontag was diagnosed with leukemia, which ultimately led to her death at the end of 2004. Just weeks later, Leibovitz’s father passed away. Queensgate