The Life of Annie Leibovitz

The Life of Annie Leibovitz

By: Wendy TyburczyBy: Wendy Tyburczy

Background Info• Born on

October 2, 1949

• She is known for taking pictures of celebrities. She takes portraits, body and actions photographs.

• Her mom was a big inspiration for her photos.

1967/68

• In 1967 she started her freshman year at San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) as a painting student

• In 1968 Annie buys her first camera which was a Minolta SR-T 101.

• Her sophomore year she started taking a night photography class at SFAI.

1970• Takes antiwar

rally pictures in San Francisco and at Berkley.

• One of the pictures appear on Rolling Stones magazine on June 11th it was her first published work.

1973

• Listed as “chief photographer” on May 10th’s Rolling Stones magazine.

1980/81

• In 1980 Leibovitz photographs John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

• On the same day that she photographed John was the same day that he was murdered.

1980

1983/84

• In January of 83 she resigns from Rolling Stones Magazine.

• Then in April she becomes the contributing photographer for Vanity Fair.

• In 1984 she receives Photographer of the Year From the American Society of Magazine Photographers.

Vanity Fair Covers and Photographs

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1996

• She was the photographer of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

• In 2001 Annie has her first child Sarah Cameron Leibovitz.

• In 2004 Susan her partner dies.

• In 2005 she has her two twins, Susan and Samuelle.

• Her John Lennon picture was named best magazine in 40 years from the Society of Magazine editors.

2005

• Her most recent photo shoot was for Disney’s Million Dreams. She took celebrities and did Disney scenes with them.

2008/09

http://www.youtube

.com/watch?v=Gz5VvPxLfwM

Disney Photo Shoot

Wizard Of Oz Photoshoot

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