Annie Leibovitz - Biography

Annie Leibovitz is Hollywood's it photographer. Annie started her journey as a photographer off at Rolling Stone where she was given her big break touring with the band the 'Rolling Stones'. She then moved onto photographing for Vanity Fair shooting the best of the best in Hollywood. I like Annie's style and technique; her photographs that are produced allow the celebrity to feel comfortable in front of the camera and in their environment no matter how controversial the image is on the page.

I like this clip from Annie Leibovitz' documentary 'Life behnind a Lens' as it shows both sides to Annie's life. It shows both her family life in one sense and then her life that is in fact behind a lens.

Biography; Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on the 2^nd of October 1949 she was one of six children born to Sam (an air force lieutenant) and Marilyn Leibovitz (a modern dance teacher). In 1967 she went on to study at San Francisco Art Institute whilst studying at the Art Institute she took night classes in photography. Leibovitz returned to the U.S in 1970 after living for a short period of time in Israeli upon returning she applied for a job with the new emerging magazine ‘Rolling Stones’ this was her ‘big break’. Whilst working at Rolling Stones she was promoted to chief photographer, a title in which she held for the next 10 years. This job allowed Annie to tour with the Rolling Stones (the band) on their 1975 international tour. This magazine was where she developed her unique technique of portrait photographs with the use of bold colours and poses. In 1983 she left Rolling Stones to work for the magazine Vanity Fair which specialised in entertainment journalism, whilst working for Vanity Fair she photographed presidents, icons and teen heartthrobs, including some very controversial images. Annie still carries on her trademark and unique style to this day at Vanity Fair & Vogue.