Famous+Photographer

= Annie Leibovitz =

**1. Give some historical background on their life. /20**
Annie Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949, in Waterbury, Connecticut. While studying painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, she took night classes in photography, and in 1970, she began doing work for //Rolling Stone // magazine. She became //Rolling Stone’ //s chief photographer in 1973. By the time she left the magazine, 10 years later, she had shot 142 covers. In 1983, she joined the staff at //Vanity Fair, // and in 1998, she also began working for //Vogue. // In addition to her magazine editorial work, Leibovitz has created influential advertising campaigns for American Express and the Gap and has contributed frequently to the Got Milk? campaign. She has worked with many arts organizations, including American Ballet Theatre, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Mark Morris Dance Group, and with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Her books include //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), and //Annie Leibovitz at Work // (2008). Exhibitions of her images have appeared at museums and galleries all over the world, including the National Portrait Gallery and the Corcoran Gallery, in Washington, D.C.; the International Center of Photography, in New York; the Brooklyn Museum; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; the Centre National de la Photographie, in Paris; and the National Portrait Gallery in London. Leibovitz has been designated a Living Legend by the Library of Congress and is the recipient of many other honors, including the Barnard College Medal of Distinction and the Infinity Award in Applied Photography from the International Center of Photography. She was decorated a Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. She lives in New York with her three children, Sarah, Susan, and Samuelle.

**2. Describe their influences. /5**
Annie Leibovitz is undoubtedly one the most famous and recognizable photographers in the world. Her celebrity portraits have graced the covers of //Rolling Stone// and //Vanity Fair// since before you were born, but just like a rock star’s leather jacket or a vintage pair of heels, they’ll never go out of style.

Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz continues to be one of the most exciting, entertaining, and original photographers of popular culture. Beginning in the 1970s she began photographing celebrities in the pop and music industries, and then expanded to film, politics, art, sports, and literary personalities. Her work has been extensively featured in publications like Rolling Stone, Time, Life, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Foreign publications include Paris-Match, Bunte, Stern, Photo, Amica, and the London Sunday Times Magazine. Now a superstar in her own right, Leibovitz continues to expand her artistic vision in ever new and insightful bodies of work.

Annie Leibovitz is the recipient of the American Society of Magazine Photographers awards for Best Photograph and Photographer of the Year. She also won the Photographer of the Year Award from the International Center of Photography. With her retrospective show in 1991, “Annie Leibovitz: Photographs 1970-1990,” she became the first woman to be exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.

**3. Describe their style and major genre (Documentary, Fashion etc.) /5**
Anne Leibovitz's photographies based on her life: her parents, siblings, children, nieces and nephews, and Sontag. Leibovitz, who has called the collection “a memoir in photographs”. Her "style" is her own. It is unique and that is what makes her name synonymous with her images.

**4. Upload a minumum of 5 Photos that represent their work.(Screenshot = Command>Shift>4) /25**
What design elements are aparent? The photography uses color space and element relationship. Why are they a good representation of this photographers work? Actually, I don't understand this photo. Maybe it indicates that the support of homosexual. Describe the use of light. Diffused flash What design elements are aparent? The photo uses triangles, colour space and diagonal. Why are they a good representation of this photographers work? This photo is really ionic and creative Describe the use of light. The light is bright. The light is from the back of the stage.

What design elements are aparent? The photo uses simple and single point and element relationship. Why are they a good representation of this photographers work? Although this photo is really simple, it shows the natural of the world. Describe the use of light. The light is just normal sunlight.

What design elements are aparent? The photo uses colour space and balance. Why are they a good representation of this photographers work? It shows the hardship of the old man. His eyes look like have a story inside hie eyes. His face shape is long and skinny. There are lot of wrinkle around his face. It is about life. Describe the use of light. There is no light in this photo. Because it is a black and white photo.

What design elements are aparent? The photo uses triangles and single and simple point. Why are they a good representation of this photographers work? The woman in the photo is slightly smiling toward us. She seems like want to tell people we need have a positive toward our life. The woman is a successful woman in this photo. But we don't see any evident which shows her wealth. Describe the use of light. There is no light. Because it is a black and white photo.

A great selection of images and analysis of her work. 55/55