Who Is Annie Leibovitz?

Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (pronounced /ˈliːbəvɪts/;) was born October 2, 1949, an American portrait photographer whose style is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject.

Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz is the third of six children. Her mother, Marilyn Leibovitz, was a modern dance instructor; her father, Sam Leibovitz, was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force. The family moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when he was stationed in the Philippines.

In high school, she became interested in the various artistic endeavours, and began to write and play music. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where she studied painting. She became interested in photography after taking pictures when she lived in the Philippines, where her Air Force father was stationed during the Vietnam War. For several years, she continued to develop her photography skills while she worked various jobs, including a stint on a kibbutz in Amir, Israel, for several months in 1969.

She worked for Rolling Stone and then Vanity Fair.

She learned that you can work for magazines and still do your own personal work, which for her was the most important thing. It is much more intimate and tells a story for her as she works with people who love her and who will "Open their hearts and souls and lives to you."

Her famous works include Covers of John Lennon and Yoko Ono for Rolling Stone, taken 5 hours before JL shot dead. Demi Moore's 2 publicized covers, Demi's Pregnant Naked Photo and Demi's body painted suit. Other famous shots were of Queen Elizabeth II, Whoopi Goldberg, Barrack Obama, Bill Gates, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Sting and more. She also do the yearly Walt Disney's Year of a million dreams!

Yoko And John's Rolling Stone Cover 1981

Moore Naked for Vanity Fair

Controversial 15 Year Old Miley Cyrus for Vanity Fair (2008)

Powerful Actress of Hollywood

Leibovitz is facing bankrupcy after years of financial mismanagement.

She's a great artist (period) Kudos and I hope to se more of her powerful works.

I LVoe!