Photography Influences: Annie Leibovitz

 Annie Leibovitz was born on 2nd October 1949 and is a third generation American, her great grandparents being Jewish Immigrants from Central Europe.
During her school years she studied writing, painting and music and developed her photographic skills whilst working in various jobs.















In 1970 when she was 21 she began her career in photography and worked for the Rolling Stone magazine until 1983.
During this time she realised that she could work for magazines and also continue to work on personal projects which was extremely important to her.






In 1978 she became the first women to photograph Joan Armatrading for an album cover. She also shot images of John Lennon and Yoko Ono for the Rolling Stones Magazine.














In 1991 Leibovitz launched an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.

















In 2009 she was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal & Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in recognition of a sustained significant contribution to the art of photography.






Exerts taken from:Annie Leibovitz
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