Annie Leibovitz

{{Infobox person

| name = Annie Leibovitz

| image = Annie Leibovitz-SF-1-Crop.jpg

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| caption = Leibovitz in 2008

| birth_name = Anna-Lou Leibovitz

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|10|02|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Photographer|visual artist}}

| education = San Francisco Art Institute

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| awards = {{lang|fr|Commandeur}}, {{lang|fr|Ordre des Arts et des Lettres}}

| partner = Susan Sontag
(1989–2004; Sontag's death)

| children = 3

}}

Anna-Lou Leibovitz ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|iː|b|ə|v|ɪ|t|s}} {{respell|LEE|bə|vits}}; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer best known for her portraits, particularly of celebrities, which often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses. Leibovitz's Polaroid photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, taken five hours before Lennon's murder, is considered one of Rolling Stone magazine's most famous cover photographs.{{Cite news|title=Rolling Stone, rock'n'roll magazine turned liberal cheerleader, up for sale| url= http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/18/rolling-stone-magazine-up-for-sale| last= Ruddick| first=Graham|date=September 18, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian| language= en|access-date=May 23, 2020}} The Library of Congress declared her a Living Legend, and she is the first woman to have a feature exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery.{{cite web|url= https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/annie-leibovitz-life-through-a-lens/16/|title= Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens|last= Somerstein|first= Rachel|date= October 27, 2008|website= PBS.org |access-date= May 18, 2017}}

Early life

Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on October 2, 1949,{{cite web | url = http://www.biography.com/people/annie-leibovitz-9542372#awesm=~oHtQdvnbeY341S | title = Annie Leibovitz Biography: Photographer (1949–) | publisher = The Biography Channel (A&E Networks) | access-date= June 17, 2014}} Anna-Lou Leibovitz is the third of six children of Marilyn Edith (née Heit) and Samuel Leibovitz. She is a third-generation American. Her father was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force of Romanian-Jewish heritage{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/talking-pictures-with-annie-leibovitz-from-jagger-to-trump-she-summed-up-the-seventies-and-eighties-her-latest-subject-is-sarajevo-as-a-new-show-opens-in-london-the-photographer-talks-to-angela-lambert-1426695.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/talking-pictures-with-annie-leibovitz-from-jagger-to-trump-she-summed-up-the-seventies-and-eighties-her-latest-subject-is-sarajevo-as-a-new-show-opens-in-london-the-photographer-talks-to-angela-lambert-1426695.html |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Talking pictures with Annie Leibovitz | work=The Independent | date=March 3, 1994 | access-date=July 8, 2010 | last=Lambert | first=Angela | location=London}}{{cbignore}} and her mother was a modern dance instructor of Estonian-Jewish heritage. The family moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when he was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War.{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2251302,00.html |title=How I shot my sister Annie ... |author=Cooke, Rachel |newspaper=The Observer |date=February 3, 2008 |access-date=June 10, 2008 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610065648/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0%2C%2C2251302%2C00.html |archive-date=June 10, 2008 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.theartstory.org/artist-leibovitz-annie.htm|title=Annie Leibovitz Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works|work=The Art Story|access-date=March 26, 2018|language=en-US}} Leibovitz's passion for art was born out of her mother's engagement with dance, music, and painting.

While attending Northwood High School in Silver Spring, Maryland,{{cite news |date=January 3, 2007 |title=Annie Leibovitz Career Timeline |url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/annie-leibovitz-career-timeline/17/ |publisher=WNET |work=American Masters |access-date=February 2, 2014 |quote=1964: Attends Northwood High School in Silver Spring, Maryland}} she became interested in various artistic endeavors and began to write and play music.

Education

Leibovitz attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where she studied painting with the intention of becoming an art teacher. At school, she had her first photography workshop and changed her major to photography. She was inspired by the work of Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/annie-leibovitz-pilgrimage-interview|title=Life through Annie's lens|last=Obrist|first=Hans-Ulrich|access-date=March 29, 2018}} For several years, she continued to develop her photography skills while holding various jobs, including a stint on a kibbutz in Amir, Israel, for several months in 1969.{{cite book | title=Annie Leibovitz Biography | url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/annie-leibovitz | publisher=bookrags | access-date=July 19, 2007}}

Career

For many years Leibovitz's camera of choice was a Mamiya RZ67.{{Cite web|title=Annie Leibovitz At Work Book Review|url=https://www.onportraits.com/annie-leibovitz-at-work-review/|website=OnPortraits.com|language=en-US|access-date=May 23, 2020|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818045805/https://www.onportraits.com/annie-leibovitz-at-work-review/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CW0zAQAAMAAJ&q=leibovitz+Mamiya+RZ67+at+work&pg=PA87|title=American Photo|date=May–Jun 1993|pages=86–87|language=en}} She also has used the following cameras:

Hasselblad 500 C/M
Minolta SRT-101
Nikon D810
Fuji 6×9 medium format camera (a.k.a. The 'Texas Leica')
Canon 5D Mark II{{Cite web|title=7 Famous Photographers and Their Cameras of Choice|url=https://www.focuscamera.com/wavelength/7-famous-photographers-and-their-camera-of-choice/|last=Powell|first=Laura|date=May 6, 2019|website=Focus Camera|language=en-US|access-date=May 23, 2020}}
Hasselblad H5D

= 1970–1980 =

==''Rolling Stone''==

When Leibovitz returned to the United States in 1970, she started her career as staff photographer for Rolling Stone magazine. In 1973, publisher Jann Wenner named Leibovitz chief photographer of Rolling Stone, a job she would hold for 10 years. Leibovitz worked for the magazine until 1983, and her intimate photographs of celebrities helped define the Rolling Stone look.

While working for Rolling Stone, Leibovitz learned that she could work for magazines and still create personal work of her family, which for her was the most important: "You don't get the opportunity to do this kind of intimate work except with the people you love, the people who will put up with you. They're the people who open their hearts and souls and lives to you. You must take care of them."{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/arts/design/06leib.html|title=From Annie Leibovitz: Life, and Death, Examined|last=Scott|first=Janny|date=October 6, 2006|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 29, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

==The Rolling Stones==

Leibovitz photographed the Rolling Stones in San Francisco in 1971 and 1972, and served as the concert-tour photographer for the Rolling Stones' Tour of the Americas '75. Her favorite photo from the tour was a photo of Mick Jagger in an elevator.Leibovitz, A. (2008).At Work. New York City, NY: Random House. {{ISBN|978-0-375-50510-2}}

==John Lennon==

File:Annie Leibovitz Lennon Ono December 1980.jpg and Yoko Ono a few hours before Lennon's murder]]

On December 8, 1980, Leibovitz had a photo shoot with John Lennon for Rolling Stone, and she promised him he would make the cover. She had initially tried to get a picture with just Lennon alone, as Rolling Stone wanted, but Lennon insisted that both he and Yoko Ono be on the cover. Leibovitz then tried to re-create something like the kissing scene from the couple's Double Fantasy album cover, a picture Leibovitz loved. She had John remove his clothes and curl up next to Yoko on the floor. Leibovitz recalls, {{Blockquote|What is interesting is she said she'd take her top off and I said, "Leave everything on"—‌not really preconceiving the picture at all. Then he curled up next to her and it was very, very strong. You couldn't help but feel that he was cold and he looked like he was clinging on to her. I think it was amazing to look at the first Polaroid and they were both very excited. John said, "You've captured our relationship exactly. Promise me it'll be on the cover." I looked him in the eye and we shook on it.{{cite web | url=https://newyorkessays.com/essay-annie-leibovitz-research-paper/ | title=New York Essays }}}}

Leibovitz was the last person to professionally photograph Lennon‍—‌he was shot and killed five hours later. About a month later, Rolling Stone gave grieving music fans his "last image".

The photograph was subsequently re-created in 2009 by John and Yoko's son Sean Lennon posing with his girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl, with male/female roles reversed (Sean clothed, Kemp naked),{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sean-lennon-and-nude-mode_n_275541 |title=Sean Lennon And Nude Model Recreate John And Yoko |date=October 18, 2009 |website=huffpost.com |access-date=March 14, 2021}} and by Henry Bond and Sam Taylor-Wood in their YBA pastiche on October 26, 1993.

= 1980–2000 =

File:President Bill Clinton participating in a photo session with Annie Leibovitz for “Vanity Fair” magazine (23) (cropped).jpg, January 1993]]

Leibovitz's new style of lighting and use of bold colors and poses got her a position with Vanity Fair magazine in 1983.{{cite web |author=T., Edward |date=2014 |url=http://ilovehatephoto.com/2014/09/18/how-to-shoot-like-annie-leibovitz-part-1-the-look/ |title=How to Shoot like Annie Leibovitz: Part 1 |website=iLHP |access-date=March 28, 2014 |archive-date=October 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019025414/http://ilovehatephoto.com/2014/09/18/how-to-shoot-like-annie-leibovitz-part-1-the-look/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite magazine|title=Annie Leibovitz|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/annie-leibovitz|last=|first=|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en|access-date=May 23, 2020}}

Leibovitz photographed celebrities for an international advertising campaign for American Express charge cards, which won a Clio award in 1987.{{Cite web|url=http://lensmagazine.net/annie-leibovitz/|title=ANNIE LEIBOVITZ – Lens Magazine|website=lensmagazine.net|date=November 4, 2015|language=en-US|access-date=March 29, 2018}}

In 1991, Leibovitz mounted an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. She was the second living portraitist and first woman to show there.{{cite video|title=Annie Leibovitz - Life Through a Lens|date=August 9, 2008|people=Yoko Ono|publisher=ICA|quote=a heavy weight fate was waiting for us only...four or five hours later|medium=DVD}}{{Cite web|title=Annie Leibovitz {{!}} artnet|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/annie-leibovitz/|website=www.artnet.com|access-date=May 23, 2020}} That same year, Leibovitz was also made {{lang|fr|Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres}} by the French government. Also in 1991, Leibovitz emulated Margaret Bourke-White's feat by mounting one of the eagle gargoyles on the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building in Manhattan, where she photographed the dancer David Parsons cavorting on another eagle gargoyle. Noted Life photographer and picture editor John Loengard made a gripping photo of Leibovitz at the climax of her danger (Loengard was photographing Leibovitz for The New York Times that day).{{Cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/gaga-over-a-gargoyle-15902894/|title=Gaga Over a Gargoyle|work=Smithsonian|access-date=March 29, 2018|language=en}}

In 1994, Leibovitz photographed Carl Lewis for Pirelli's famous Power Is Nothing Without Control ad campaign. The most well-known advertisement featured Lewis crouched in a sprinting position sporting bright red stilettos.{{Cite web |title='Power is Nothing Without Control' celebrates 25 years |url=https://www.pirelli.com/global/en-ww/life/innovation/industry/-power-is-nothing-without-control-celebrates-25-years-52060/ |date=15 May 2019|access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.pirelli.com |language=it}}

In 1998, Leibovitz began to work regularly for Vogue.

= 2000–present =

== Brooklyn Museum retrospective ==

In 2007, a major retrospective of Leibovitz's work was held at the Brooklyn Museum.{{cite web|title=Annie Leibovitz: Oct. 2006 – Jan. 2007|url=http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/annie_leibovitz/|date=2007|website=Brooklyn Museum}} The retrospective was based on her book, Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990–2005 and included many of her professional (celebrity) photographs and numerous personal photographs of her family, children, and partner Susan Sontag. This show, which was expanded to include three official portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, then went on the road for seven stops. It was on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., from October 2007 to January 2008 and at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco from March 2008 to May 2008. In February 2009, the exhibition was moved to Berlin, Germany.{{cite web|title=From 21 February to 24 May 2009 at the|url=http://www.co-berlin.info/co-neu/web/Formate/Exhibitions/ex_2009/ex_2009_01_Annie_Leibovitz/start_en.php|website=C/O Gallerie|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309095535/http://www.co-berlin.info/co-neu/web/Formate/Exhibitions/ex_2009/ex_2009_01_Annie_Leibovitz/start_en.php|archive-date=March 9, 2009}}{{cite web|title=January 21 2009 - Bing|url=http://www.bing.com/search?q=January+21+2009&FORM=QSRE4|website=www.bing.com}} The show included 200 photographs.{{cite news|author=Taknuri, Lubna|date=October 21, 2007|title=Leibovitz exhibition|agency=Associated Press}} This exhibition and her talk focused on her personal photographs and life.{{Cite web|title=Brooklyn Museum|url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/annie_leibovitz/|website=www.brooklynmuseum.org|access-date=March 29, 2018}}

== Other work ==

In 2007, The Walt Disney Company hired her to do a series of photographs with celebrities in various roles and scenes for the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts "Year of a Million Dreams" campaign.{{cite news|title=USA Today Photo Gallery|url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/disneyads/flash.htm|access-date=January 26, 2011}}{{cite news|last=Keck|first=William|date=January 25, 2007|title=Disney's dazzling 'Dreams'|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-01-25-disney-ad-campaign_x.htm|access-date=April 25, 2010}}
In 2011, Leibovitz was nominated alongside Singaporean photographer Dominic Khoo and Wing Shya for Asia Pacific Photographer of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.whereisthesite.com/explore|title=Dominic Khoo's 28th Février {{!}} Urban Art Gallery {{!}} Singapore|website=Dominic Khoo's 28th Février {{!}} Urban Art Gallery {{!}} Singapore|language=de|access-date=March 29, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.modelmayhem.com/3720534|title=dominickhoo|website=www.modelmayhem.com|access-date=March 29, 2018}}
In October 2011, Leibovitz had an exhibit in Moscow. In an interview with Rossiya 24, she explained her photography style.{{cite news |url=http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=598488|title=Фотограф Анни Лейбовиц: я следовала за своими героями по пятам |language=ru |trans-title=Photographer Annie Leibovitz: I followed on the heels of their heroes |date=October 12, 2011 |publisher=Vesti |access-date=November 11, 2015}}
In 2014, Leibovtiz did a shoot of Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and their daughter North West for an article in Vanity Fair.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/annie-leibovitz-portraits-interview-book|title=Annie Leibovitz on 5 Images That Have Shaped Her Career|first=Chloe |last=Schama|magazine=Vogue|date=December 15, 2017}}
In the same year, the New-York Historical Society mounted an exhibit of Leibovitz's work, based on her 2011 book, Pilgrimages.{{cite web|title=Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage|url=http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/annie-leibovitz-pilgrimage|publisher=New-York Historical Society|access-date=November 20, 2014}}
From January 2016 to February 2017, WOMEN: New Portraits, commissioned by UBS and reflecting the changing roles of women, was shown in 10 cities worldwide.{{cite web|title=WOMEN: New Portraits Annie Leibovitz|url=https://www.ubs.com/microsites/annie-leibovitz/en/exhibition.html|website=www.ubs.com|publisher=UBS|access-date=January 2, 2018|archive-date=November 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118151829/https://www.ubs.com/microsites/annie-leibovitz/en/exhibition.html|url-status=dead}}
In 2017, Leibovitz announced the release of an online photography class entitled "Annie Leibovitz Teaches Photography".{{Cite news|url=https://ew.com/news/2017/12/14/annie-leibovitz-masterclass/|title=Photography legend Annie Leibovitz reveals her craft in online 'MasterClass'|work=EW.com|first=Nick |last=Romano|date=December 14, 2017|access-date=February 15, 2018|language=en}}
In January 2018, Leibovitz's cover photo for Vanity Fair was criticized online for image manipulation that appeared to show actress Reese Witherspoon with three legs.{{cite web|title=Reese Witherspoon appears to have 3 legs on the cover of 'Vanity Fair'|first=Chloe |last=Bryan|date=January 25, 2018|url=https://mashable.com/2018/01/25/oprah-reese-witherspoon-3-legs-photoshop-vanity-fair/#oh0fWVHPOZqp|publisher=Mashable|access-date=January 25, 2018}}{{cite magazine|title=The 2018 Vanity Fair Hollywood Portfolio: 12 Extraordinary Stars, One Momentous Year|date=January 25, 2018|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/hollywood-issue-portfolio|magazine=Vanity Fair|first= James |last=Wolcott|access-date=January 25, 2018}}
February–April 2019: "Annie Leibovitz. The Early Years, 1970–1983: Archive Project No. 1" at Hauser & Wirth Gallery, Los Angelesart-April 2019: {{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/arts/design/annie-leibovitz-exhibition-los-angeles.html|title=Annie Leibovitz Revisits Her Early Years|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|date=February 13, 2019|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=February 13, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
In 2025, Leibovitz produced several portraits for the television series The Chosen.{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=2025-02-14 |title=‘The Chosen’ Season 5 Reveals Posters Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Tickets Go On Sale for Theatrical Release |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/the-chosen-season-5-annie-leibovitz-photographs-tickets-on-sale-1236307438/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

==Pirelli calendar==

In 2015, Leibovitz was the principal photographer for the 2016 Pirelli calendar. Leibovitz took a drastic shift from the calendar traditional style by focusing on admirable women as opposed to sexuality. The calendar included Amy Schumer, Serena Williams, and Patti Smith. Leibovitz had previously worked on the 2000 calendar.{{cite web|title=The Pirelli 2016 Calendar Is Here and Unlike Anything You've Seen Before|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/news/a32204/pirelli-calendar-launch-2016/|website=Elle|date=November 30, 2015|access-date=December 1, 2015}}

== IKEA ==

In 2023, Leibovitz was commissioned by IKEA to "create a series of 25 portraits that illuminate the nuances of 'life at home'."{{Cite web |date=2023-04-20 |title=Annie Leibovitz reveals why she took on commission for Ikea |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/04/20/annie-leibovitz-reveals-why-she-took-on-commission-for-ikea |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}

== Crystal Bridges: Annie Leibovitz at Work ==

Running from Sept. 16, 2023-Jan. 29, 2024, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art hosted "Annie Leibovitz at Work", an exhibition of more than 300 images encompassing more than 50 years of Leibovitz's career. Vogue magazine called the show "a sweeping retrospective of 300 photographs taken by Leibovitz throughout her illustrious career. The works on display range from celebrity portraiture to images from the pages of Vogue and Vanity Fair to indelible moments in history like the Apollo 17 launch and Watergate. In one room, a table piled high with photo books is paired with a set of cheeky Polaroid snaps of policemen who have ticketed Leibovitz over the years for driving too fast in her '63 Porsche on California's Highway 5. With the prints pinned up on the first two sections of gallery walls in a strikingly relaxed format, the show feels akin to a tour of her studio."{{cite magazine|last=Weiss|first= Zachary|title=In Arkansas, Annie Leibovitz's Latest Retrospective Is Celebrated at Crystal Bridges|date= September 16, 2023 |url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/crystal-bridges-museum-gala-bentonville-arkansas-annie-leibovitz-2023|magazine=Vogue}}

= Controversies =

== Queen Elizabeth II photoshoot ==

In 2007, the BBC misrepresented Leibovitz's portrait shooting of Queen Elizabeth II to take the Queen's official picture for her state visit to Virginia. This was filmed for the BBC documentary A Year with the Queen. A promotional trailer for the film showed the Queen reacting incredulously to Leibovitz's suggestion ("less dressy") that she remove her tiara, stating "less dressy? What do you think this is?" This cut immediately to a scene of the Queen walking down a corridor, telling an aide "I'm not changing anything. I've had enough dressing like this, thank you very much."{{cite news|date=July 12, 2007|title=BBC sorry for misrepresenting Queen|work=ABC News|agency=Reuters|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/12/1977378.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=July 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718104148/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/12/1977378.htm|archive-date=July 18, 2007}} The BBC later apologized and admitted that the sequence of events had been misrepresented, as the Queen was in fact walking to the sitting in the second scene, not storming off from it like the BBC implied by presenting the scenes in that order.{{cite news|date=July 12, 2007|title=Broadcaster sorry for queen claim|work=CNN|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/12/britain.queen/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=July 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713043414/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/12/britain.queen/index.html|archive-date=July 13, 2007}} This led to a BBC scandal and a shake-up of ethics training. However, a 2015 article in The Times contradicts this story. It stated that the Queen was both incredulous at being asked to remove her crown as "no-one tells her what to do" and insulted, as the item was only a tiara.{{cite news|first=Ingrid |last=Seward|date=September 1, 2015|title=Life:Divorce, Kate and her 'cross' face: the Queen in her own words|work=The Times|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/article4532168.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820172628/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/article4532168.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 20, 2015|access-date=September 1, 2015}}

== LeBron James / King Kong photoshoot ==

In 2008, Leibovitz choreographed a photoshoot featuring LeBron James and Gisele Bündchen that appeared on the cover of Vogue. The cover was the first time a black man appeared on Vogue. The cover drew controversy due to its depiction of James posing with his hand around Bündchen's waist, similar to that of a poster of King Kong holding onto Fay Wray. People including Jemele Hill said the gorilla-like pose played on racial stereotypes.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/newsandviews/2008/03/racially_insensitve_photo_or_o.html|title= Racially Insensitive Photo or Oversensitive Response?|website= NPR|date= March 25, 2008|accessdate= June 30, 2021|last1= Bennett|first1= Geoff}} Magazine analyst Samir Husni believed the photo to be deliberately provocative, adding on Today, "So when you have a cover that reminds people of King Kong and brings those stereotypes to the front, black man wanting white woman, it's not innocent".{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/vogue-cover-lebron-stirs-controversy-wbna23797883|title= Vogue cover with LeBron stirs up controversy|website= Today|date= March 25, 2008|accessdate= June 30, 2021}} The Fashion Post magazine ranked it the third-most controversial Vogue magazine cover.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefashionspot.com/runway-news/439187-controversial-vogue-covers-published/3/|title= The Top 5 Most Controversial Vogue Covers Ever Published|website= The Fashion Post|date= August 6, 2014|accessdate= June 30, 2021}}

== Miley Cyrus photoshoot ==

On April 25, 2008, Entertainment Tonight reported that 15-year-old Miley Cyrus had posed topless for a photo shoot with Vanity Fair.{{cite news|date=June 2008|title=Miley Knows Best|work=Vanity Fair|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/06/miley200806|first=Bruce|last=Handy}}{{cite news|date=April 28, 2008|title=Miley Cyrus topless controversy|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23608789-5001026,00.html|url-status=dead|access-date=April 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501145339/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0%2C22049%2C23608789-5001026%2C00.html|archive-date=May 1, 2008}} The photograph and subsequently released behind-the-scenes photographs show Cyrus topless, her bare back exposed but her front covered with a bedsheet. The photo was taken by Leibovitz.{{cite web|title=Miley Cyrus: I'm Sorry for Photos|url=https://people.com/celebrity/miley-cyrus-im-sorry-for-photos/|first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman|author-link=Stephen M. Silverman|date=April 27, 2008|work=People|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513153649/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20195785%2C00.html|archive-date=May 13, 2008|access-date=April 27, 2008}} The full photograph was published with an accompanying story on The New York Times{{'}} website on April 27, 2008. On April 29, 2008, The New York Times clarified: though the pictures left an impression that she was bare-breasted, Cyrus was wrapped in a bedsheet and was actually not topless.{{cite news|first=Brook |last=Barnes|date=April 28, 2008|title=A Topless Photo Threatens a Major Disney Franchise|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/business/media/28hannah.html|url-status=live|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512221952/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/business/media/28hannah.html|archive-date=May 12, 2011}} Some parents expressed outrage at the nature of the photograph, which a Disney spokesperson described as "a situation [that] was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines". In response to the Internet circulation of the photo and ensuing media attention, Cyrus released a statement of apology on April 27: "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about." Leibovitz also released a statement saying: "I'm sorry that my portrait of Miley has been misinterpreted.... The photograph is a simple, classic portrait, shot with very little makeup, and I think it is very beautiful."{{cite web|title=Annie Leibovitz: 'Miley Cyrus Photos Were Misinterpreted'|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Annie_Leibovitz_Miley_Cyrus_Photos_Were_Misinterpreted/5226536|date=April 28, 2008|publisher=Hollywood.com|access-date=January 26, 2011}}

Personal life

=Children=

Leibovitz has three daughters. She gave birth to her first, Sarah Cameron Leibovitz, in October 2001 when Leibovitz was 52 years old.{{cite book |last=Moser |first=Benjamin |title=Sontag: Life and Work |publisher=Ecco |location=New York |year=2019 |isbn=978-0062896391 |page=663}} Twin girls Susan and Samuelle were born to a surrogate mother in May 2005.

=Relationships=

Leibovitz had a close relationship with writer and essayist Susan Sontag from 1989 until Sontag's death in 2004. During Sontag's lifetime, neither woman publicly disclosed whether the relationship was a platonic friendship or romantic. In 2006, Newsweek magazine made reference to Leibovitz's decade-plus relationship with Sontag, stating, "The two first met in the late '80s, when Leibovitz photographed her for a book jacket. They never lived together, though they each had an apartment within view of the other's."{{cite news|first=Cathleen |last=McGuigan |title=Through Her Lens |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14964292/site/newsweek |work=Newsweek |date=October 2, 2006 |access-date=July 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829133058/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14964292/site/newsweek/ |archive-date=August 29, 2007 |url-status=dead }} When Leibovitz was interviewed for her autobiography A Photographer's Life: 1990{{ndash}}2005, she said that the book told a number of stories, and "with Susan, it was a love story."{{cite news | first=Janny |last=Scott | title=From Annie Leibovitz: Life, and Death, Examined | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/arts/design/06leib.html?pagewanted=3&_r=1 | work=The New York Times | date=October 6, 2006 | access-date=July 19, 2007}} While The New York Times in 2009 referred to Sontag as Leibovitz's "companion", Leibovitz wrote in A Photographer's Life: "words like 'companion' and 'partner' were not in our vocabulary. We were two people who helped each other through our lives. The closest word is still 'friend'."{{cite web|last=Brockes|first=Emma|title=My time with Susan|date=November 17, 2011|url=http://losarciniegas.blogspot.com/2011/11/annie-leibovitz-my-time-with-susan.html|access-date=April 17, 2013}} That same year, Leibovitz said the descriptor "lover" was accurate.{{cite web | first=Tom |last=Ashbrook | url=http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2006/10/20061017_b_main.asp | title=On Point | date=October 17, 2006 | access-date=July 19, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070710211653/http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2006/10/20061017_b_main.asp| archive-date= July 10, 2007 | url-status= live}} She later reiterated: "Call us 'lovers'. I like 'lovers.' You know, 'lovers' sounds romantic. I mean, I want to be perfectly clear. I love Susan."{{cite news | first=Edward | last = Guthmann | title=Love, family, celebrity, grief -- Leibovitz puts her life on display in photo memoir | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/01/DDGCKM2T9J1.DTL | work=San Francisco Chronicle | date=November 1, 2006 | access-date=July 19, 2007}}

=Religion=

When asked if being Jewish is important to her, Leibovitz replied, "I'm not a practicing Jew, but I feel very Jewish."

=Financial troubles=

In February 2009, Leibovitz borrowed {{US$|15.5{{nbsp}}million|link=yes}}, after having experienced financial challenges,{{cite news | first = Allen |last=Salkin | title=That Old Master? It's at the Pawnshop | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/arts/design/24artloans.html | work=The New York Times | date=February 24, 2009 | access-date=February 25, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090409074900/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/arts/design/24artloans.html| archive-date=April 9, 2009| url-status= live}} putting up several houses as well as the rights to all of her photographs as collateral.{{cite web|last=Hatch |first=Jennifer |url=http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid75784.asp |title=Advocates: Leibovitz's Loss | Finance |publisher=The Advocate |access-date=January 26, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/business/finance/2009/04/06/leibovitz%E2%80%99s-loss|title=Leibovitz's Loss|date=April 6, 2009}} The New York Times noted that "one of the world's most successful photographers essentially pawned every snap of the shutter she had made or will make until the loans are paid off", and that, despite a {{US$|50{{nbsp}}million}} archive, Leibovitz had a "long history of less than careful financial dealings" and "a recent series of personal issues" including the loss of her parents and the 2004 death of Sontag, as well as the addition of two children to her family, and controversial renovation of three Greenwich Village properties.{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/fashion/02annie.html?pagewanted=all | first= Allen | last= Salkin | title=For Annie Leibovitz, a Fuzzy Financial Picture | work =The New York Times | date=July 31, 2009 | access-date= June 17, 2014}}

The Greenwich Village properties, at 755{{ndash}}757 Greenwich Street, are part of the Greenwich Village Historic District, and thus the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission must review and approve any work done to the buildings. However, work initiated on the buildings in October 2002, without a permit, began a chain of destruction of those buildings and the neighbor's at 311 W 11th Street.{{cite web |url=http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/preservation/leibovitz/leibovitztimeline.htm |title=Timeline of Damage to Leibovitz Properties |publisher=Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation |access-date=September 19, 2014 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109040514/http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/preservation/leibovitz/leibovitztimeline.htm |url-status=dead }} Due to pressure from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and other groups, the buildings were finally stabilized, though the preservation group criticized the eventual repairs as shoddy and historically insensitive.{{cite web |url=http://www.gvshp.org/leibovitzdevonshire2_05.html |title=Letters from GVSHP to LPC |publisher=Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation |access-date=September 19, 2014 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202104244/http://www.gvshp.org/leibovitzdevonshire2_05.html |url-status=dead }}

In July 2009, the Art Capital Group filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Leibovitz for {{US$|24{{nbsp}}million}} regarding repayment of these loans.{{cite news|last=Salkin|first= Allen |title=Lender Sues Annie Leibovitz|work=The New York Times|date= July 30, 2009 |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/lender-sues-annie-leibovitz/?scp=1&sq=leibovitz&st=cse}} In a follow-up article from September 5, 2009, an Associated Press story quoted legal experts as saying that filing for bankruptcy reorganization might offer Leibovitz her best chance to control and direct the disposition of her assets to satisfy debts.{{cite news |last=Ilnytzky |first=Ula |date=September 5, 2009 |title=Debts closing in on photographer Annie Leibovitz |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705328114/Debts-closing-in-on-photographer-Annie-Leibovitz.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716223925/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705328114/Debts-closing-in-on-photographer-Annie-Leibovitz.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 16, 2018 |newspaper=Deseret News |agency=Associated Press}} On September 11, Art Capital Group withdrew its lawsuit against Leibovitz and extended the due date for repayment of the {{US$|24{{nbsp}}million}} loan. Under the agreement, Leibovitz retains control over her work and will be the "exclusive agent in the sale of her real property (land) and copyrights".{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/11/leibovitz.suit/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn |title=CNN, "Lawsuit against Annie Leibovitz dropped", CNN, 11 September 2009 |publisher=Cnn.com |date=September 11, 2009 |access-date=January 26, 2011}}

In March 2010, Colony Capital concluded a new financing and marketing agreement with Leibovitz, paying off Art Capital and removing or reducing the risks to Leibovitz of losing her artistic works and real estate.{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f5c62fe-2b1a-11df-93d8-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 |title=Private equity firm snaps up chance to help Leibovitz put house in order|last=Sender|first= Henny |work=Financial Times|date= March 9, 2010 |access-date=March 9, 2010}} The following month, Brunswick Capital Partners sued Leibovitz, claiming it was owed several hundred thousand dollars for helping her restructure her debt.{{cite news|url =https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/arts/design/07arts-MORELEGALWOE_BRF.html |newspaper=The New York Times|date= April 6, 2010|access-date=April 10, 2010|title=More Legal Woes for Annie Leibovits|first=Randy |last=Kennedy}} In December 2012, Leibovitz listed her West Village townhouse for sale at $33 million, stating she wanted to move closer to her daughter.{{cite news|url=http://www.estiasis.com/story/celebrity-photographer-annie-leibovitz-lists-her-swanky-new-york-townhouses-cool-33-million-in|work=Estiasis|date=December 10, 2012|access-date=December 10, 2012|title=Celebrity Photographer Annie Leibovitz Lists Her Swanky New York Townhouses for a Cool $33 Million|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802043623/http://www.estiasis.com/story/celebrity-photographer-annie-leibovitz-lists-her-swanky-new-york-townhouses-cool-33-million-in|archive-date=August 2, 2018|url-status=dead}}

Notable photographs

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In 1978 Leibovitz photographed the cover for Joan Armatrading's fifth studio album To the Limit, spending four days at her house capturing the images.{{cite book|last=Mayes|first= Sean |date=1990|title= Joan Armatrading – A Biography (unauthorised)|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson|isbn= 0-297-81058-8 |page=86}} Leibovitz also did the photography for Armatrading's live album, Steppin' Out.{{Cite news|url=https://progrography.com/joan-armatrading/joan-armatrading-steppin-1979/|title=Joan Armatrading: Steppin' Out (1979) - Progrography|date=November 22, 2008|work=Progrography|access-date=March 29, 2018|language=en-US}}
Sonia Braga was photographed for an American Express campaign in 1991.{{cite web|website=Folha de S. Paulo|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1994/5/03/ilustrada/21.html/|title=Londres faz fila para ver fotos de Leibovitz|language=pt-BR}}
John Lennon and Yoko Ono for the January 22, 1981, Rolling Stone cover, taken the day Lennon was murdered.{{cite web|url=http://www.john-lennon.com/1980rollingstoneinterview.htm |title=1980 Rolling Stone Interview With John Lennon by Jonathan Cott |publisher=John-Lennon.com |access-date=January 26, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.journeyamerica.us/annie-leibovitz-and-an-iconic-cover/ |title=Annie Leibovitz and an Iconic Cover |work=JourneyAmerica |access-date=November 11, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109091735/http://www.journeyamerica.us/annie-leibovitz-and-an-iconic-cover/ |archive-date=November 9, 2015 }} Leibovitz called it "the photograph of my life" and the photograph she would be remembered for.{{cite web |date= September 29, 2017 |first= Joe |last=Hagan |title= Jann Wenner, John Lennon, and the Greatest Rolling Stone Cover Ever |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/09/jann-wenner-john-lennon-and-the-greatest-rolling-stone-cover-ever |website= Vanity Fair }}
Prisoners at Soledad State Prison in California, each hugging a visiting family member, with each couple standing a few feet from the next, taken on Christmas 1971.
Linda Ronstadt in a red slip, on her bed, reaching for a glass of water in a 1976 cover story for Rolling Stone magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/rs78-2.jpg|title=Ronstadt-linda.com}}
Demi Moore has been the subject of two highly publicized Vanity Fair covers taken by Leibovitz: More Demi Moore (Aug. 1991) featuring Moore pregnant and nude, and Demi's Birthday Suit (Aug 1992), showing Moore nude with a suit painted on her body.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/10/covers_portfolio200810?slide=10#slide=10 |title=at 25: The Covers | Culture |date=September 26, 2008 |publisher=Vanity Fair |access-date=January 26, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110303083334/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/10/covers_portfolio200810?slide=10| archive-date= March 3, 2011 | url-status= live}}
Marion Cotillard for the Autumn/Winter 2009 collection of the Lady Dior - Lady Rouge handbag campaign{{cite web|url=http://www.designscene.net/2009/08/marion-cotillard-for-lady-dior-by-annie.html |title=Marion Cotillard for Lady Dior by Annie Leibovitz |publisher=DesignScene.net |date= August 21, 2009 |access-date=August 2, 2014}} and for the November 2009 cover of Vogue with the cast of Nine.{{cite web |url=http://www.popcrunch.com/cast-of-nine-vogue-magazine-november-2009/ |title=Cast Of "Nine" Vogue Magazine November 2009 |publisher=PopCrunch |date=October 9, 2009 |access-date=August 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331214307/http://www.popcrunch.com/cast-of-nine-vogue-magazine-november-2009/ |archive-date=March 31, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Fleetwood Mac for a 1977 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood are shown lying together, as are Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham at the opposite end of the bed. John McVie is shown reading Playboy magazine.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/fleetwood-mac-on-the-cover-of-rolling-stone-11035/|title=Fleetwood Mac on the Cover of Rolling Stone|date=January 28, 2013|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=December 28, 2019}}
Whoopi Goldberg lying in a bathtub full of milk, shot from above.
Christo, fully wrapped so the viewer must take the artist's word that Christo is actually under the wrapping.{{cite web |url=http://www.nikohk.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/christo-wrapped-by-annie-leibovitz.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714183206/http://www.nikohk.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/christo-wrapped-by-annie-leibovitz.jpg |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.aboutus.com/Nikok.com|title=Nikok.com offers information about fashion designs for men - AboutUs|website=www.aboutus.com}}
David Cassidy on the Rolling Stone cover depicting him naked from his head to his waist.
Dolly Parton vamping for the camera while Arnold Schwarzenegger flexes his biceps behind her, featured in an August 25, 1977, Rolling Stone photo spread.{{cite web|url=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h92F2a-n9aY/SiCWI-llMeI/AAAAAAAAFp8/FVtcPh_cAmI/s400/dolly+parson+Leibovitz.JPG|title=3.bp}}
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as The Blues Brothers, with their faces painted blue.{{cite web|url=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U67MI-eNxmM/So52Zn4-2EI/AAAAAAAAATA/P6VKIG4-rxw/s400/Leibovitz-RS-BB.jpg|title=1.bp}}
Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson, both nude, with a fully clothed Tom Ford, for the cover of Vanity Fair{{'}}s March 2006 Hollywood Issue.{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/johansson-knightley-bare-all-for-mag-cover | work=Fox News | title=Johansson, Knightley Bare All for Mag Cover | date=February 22, 2006 | access-date=March 29, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211171208/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185769,00.html | archive-date=February 11, 2009 | url-status=live }}
Knut with Leonardo DiCaprio, a 2007 Vanity Fair cover.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0320/knut.html |title=Fans mourn death of polar bear Knut|date=March 20, 2011|website=rte.ie}}
Queen Elizabeth II on occasion of her state visit in United States in 2007, and in 2016 at Windsor Castle to mark her 90th birthday.{{cite web |url=http://www.britainusa.com/sections/articles_show_nt1.asp?d=5&i=70003&L1=41004&L2=70003&a=46309 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020147/http://www.britainusa.com/sections/articles_show_nt1.asp?d=5&i=70003&L1=41004&L2=70003&a=46309 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |title=British Embassy in the United States |publisher=Britainusa.com |access-date=January 26, 2011 }}{{cite news|last1=Rayner|first1=Gordon|title=The Queen's birthday: Her Majesty shares the spotlight with great-grandchildren in official portrait to mark her 90th birthday|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/20/the-queen-at-90-charlotte-and-george-share-the-spotlight-in-offi/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/20/the-queen-at-90-charlotte-and-george-share-the-spotlight-in-offi/ |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The Telegraph|date=April 21, 2016|access-date=April 21, 2016}}{{cbignore}}
Jackie and Joan Collins in a limo, Los Angeles 1987.
Sting, naked in the desert, covered in mud to blend in with the scenery.[http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/files//usr/sandbox/htdocs/wpmu/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files//2008/08/leibovitz_gallery_sting.jpg PBS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928101032/http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/files//usr/sandbox/htdocs/wpmu/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files//2008/08/leibovitz_gallery_sting.jpg |date=September 28, 2011 }}
Closeup portrait of Pete Townshend framed by his bleeding hand dripping real blood down the side of his face.{{cite web|url=http://www.thewho.org/photos/bloodypt.jpg|title=Thewho.org}}
"Fire" portrait and caption "Patti Smith Catches Fire."[https://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/5392220/1978_rolling_stone_covers/photo/13/large RS 270 (July 27, 1978)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119121026/http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/5392220/1978_rolling_stone_covers/photo/13/large |date=January 19, 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/crit/rs780727.htm |title=Patti Smith Catches Fire |publisher=Oceanstar.com |access-date=January 26, 2011}}
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual (1983) and True Colors (1986) album covers.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyndilauper.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=2&discography_tag=studio_album |title=Cyndi Lauper |publisher=Cyndi Lauper |access-date=January 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304170642/http://www.cyndilauper.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=2&discography_tag=studio_album |archive-date=March 4, 2010 }}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.cyndilauper.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=3&discography_tag=studio_album |title=Cyndi Lauper |publisher=Cyndi Lauper |access-date=January 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305105543/http://www.cyndilauper.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=3&discography_tag=studio_album |archive-date=March 5, 2010 }}
Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A. and Tunnel of Love album covers.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bruce-Springsteen-Tunnel-Of-Love/release/386066|title=Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love|website=Discogs|year=1987 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.brucespringsteen.net/albums/bornintheusa.html |title=Bruce Springsteen.net |publisher=Bruce Springsteen.net |date=June 4, 1984 |access-date=January 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212062711/http://brucespringsteen.net/albums/bornintheusa.html |archive-date=December 12, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Gisele Bündchen and LeBron James on the April 2008 cover of Vogue America.[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89151096 "Some Call LeBron James' 'Vogue' Cover Offensive"], News & Notes, NPR, March 27, 2008.[https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-03-24-vogue-controversy_N.htm?csp=3 LeBron James' 'Vogue' cover called racially insensitive], USA Today, March 24, 2008
Miley Cyrus's Vanity Fair photo in which the 15-year-old star appeared semi-nude, leading to a controversy.
Michael Jackson twice for the cover of Vanity Fair magazine, including other additional photographs of him that were not featured on the cover of the magazine.
Bill Gates for the cover of Gates's 1995 book The Road Ahead.
Family of Barack Obama in the White House.{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/12/15/first-look-new-obama-family-portrait|work=whitehouse.gov|title=First Look: New Obama Family Portrait|date=December 15, 2011|via=National Archives|access-date=November 11, 2015}}
Johnny Depp and Kate Moss at the Royalton Hotel, New York, in 1994. A nude Moss lying on a bed while fully clothed Depp is lying between her legs, covering her abdomen.
Lance Armstrong riding his bicycle in the buff in the rain. It was shown in Vanity Fair{{'}}s 1999 December issue.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/09/armstrong200809#~o|title=Lance Armstrong Rides Again|website=Vanity Fair|date=September 9, 2008|first=Douglas |last=Brinkley}}
Lady Gaga for Vogue and Vanity Fair.
Rihanna for Vogue in 2011 and 2012.
The cast of Les Misérables (Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen) for Vogue in 2012.
Benedict Cumberbatch for Vogue in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/benedict-cumberbatch-sherlock-holmes|title=Benedict Cumberbatch on playing Sherlock Holmes|first=Tom|last=Shone|website=Vogue India|date=January 7, 2014|access-date=March 27, 2025}}
Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and their daughter North for Vogue in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-keeping-up-with-kimye/ |title=Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: Keeping Up with Kimye |first=Hamish |last=Bowles |date=April 2014 |work=Vogue |access-date=April 6, 2014}}
Dane DeHaan for Prada.
Amy Van Dyken posing underwater with a milk mustache as part of the 1996 Milk Mustache campaign.
The cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens for Vanity Fair in 2015 and the cast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi for Vanity Fair{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/star-wars-the-last-jedi-cover-portfolio|title=Cover Story: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Definitive Preview|last=Kamp|first=David|website=HWD|date=May 24, 2017|access-date=May 24, 2017}} in 2017.
Caitlyn Jenner for Vanity Fair{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/entertainment/bruce-caitlyn-jenner-vanity-fair-feat/|title=No more Bruce: Meet Caitlyn Jenner|first=Lisa Respers |last=France|date=June 1, 2015|work=CNN|access-date=November 11, 2015}} in 2015.
Mark Zuckerberg and his pregnant wife Priscilla Chan in 2015.{{cite web|last1=Muto|first1=Jordan|title=Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan captured in pregnancy photo by Annie Leibovitz|url=http://www.today.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-captured-pregnancy-photo-annie-leibovitz-t54081|website=today.com|date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=November 5, 2015}}
Adele for Vogue in 2016.
Ariana Grande for Vogue in 2019.{{Cite web |date=2019-07-09 |title=Ariana Grande on Grief and Growing Up |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/ariana-grande-cover-august-2019 |first=Rob|last=Haskell|access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}
Christopher Hitchens at dinner on the night of his marriage to Carol Blue. Used on the cover of Hitchens' 1993 book For the Sake of Argument.{{cite web|title=Christopher Hitchens - For the Sake of Argument (1993)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RExo5JOn4tg&t=4m24s| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/RExo5JOn4tg| archive-date=2021-11-07 | url-status=live|website=youtube.com| date=January 26, 2014 }}{{cbignore}}
Serena Williams on the cover of Vanity Fair August 2017, while pregnant.{{cite news|title=Pregnant Serena Williams poses naked on the cover of Vanity Fair|work=BBC News|date=June 27, 2017|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40422852/pregnant-serena-williams-poses-naked-on-the-cover-of-vanity-fair|access-date=June 28, 2017}}
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Vogue during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite magazine|title=Portrait of Bravery: Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska|magazine=Vogue|date=July 26, 2022|first=Rachel |last=Donadio|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/portrait-of-bravery-ukraines-first-lady-olena-zelenska}}
Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia for the Bank of Spain.{{Cite web |last=Bianchi |first=Martín |date=2024-11-26 |title=Annie Leibovitz retrata a Felipe VI como rey y a la reina Letizia como una estrella de Hollywood |url=https://elpais.com/gente/2024-11-26/annie-leibovitz-retrata-a-felipe-vi-como-rey-y-a-la-reina-letizia-como-una-estrella-de-hollywood.html |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=El País |language=es}}

Awards

1999: ADC Hall of Fame{{cite web |url=http://adcglobal.org/hall-of-fame/annie-leibovitz/|title= 1999 ADC Hall of Fame}}
2003: The Lucie Awards{{cite web |url=https://www.lucies.org/honorees/annie-leibovitz/|title= The Lucie Awards: 2003 Honoree - Women in Photography Award}}
2009: The Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in recognition of a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography{{cite web|url=http://www.ephotozine.com/article/royal-photographic-society-annual-awards-12316|title=Royal Photographic Society Annual Awards|author=Magezine Publishing Ltd|work=ePHOTOzine|access-date=November 11, 2015}}
2013: Prince of Asturias Award for Communication{{cite web|url=http://www.fpa.es/es/premios-principe-de-asturias/premiados/2013-annie-leibovitz.html?especifica=0&anio=2013&especifica=0&idCategoria=0|title=Annie Leibovitz - Premiados - Premios Princesa de Asturias - Fundación Princesa de Asturias|author=Desarrollado con webControl CMS por Intermark Tecnologías|work=Fundación Princesa de Asturias|access-date=November 11, 2015}}
2015: Paez Medal of Art from VAEA{{Cite news|url=http://vaearts.org/US/archives/7631|title=Annie Leibovitz is the recipient of VAEA's Paez Medal of Art 2015.|work=VAEA|access-date=January 22, 2018|language=en-US}}
2016: International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum{{Cite web |title=Annie Leibovitz |url=https://iphf.org/inductees/annie-leibovitz/ |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=International Photography Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}
2018: Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design{{cite web|title=RISD Commencement 2017|url=http://commencement.risd.edu/#speakers|website=commencement.risd.edu|publisher=Rhode Island School of Design|access-date=July 3, 2018}}

Bibliography

Photographs
Photographs 1970–1990
"Dancers: Photographs by Annie Leibovitz"
"White Oak Dance Project: Photographs by Annie Leibovitz"
Olympic Portraits
Women
American Music
A Photographer's Life 1990–2005 (catalog for a traveling exhibit that debuted at the Brooklyn Museum in October 2006)
Annie Leibovitz: At Work{{Cite news|last=Mallon|first=Thomas|date=December 12, 2008|title=Picture This|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/books/review/Mallon-t.html|access-date=May 23, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}
Pilgrimage{{Cite magazine |last=Boxer |first=Sarah |date=2012-03-19 |title=Annie Leibovitz's Ghosts |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/annie-leibovitzs-ghosts |access-date=2023-09-22 |issn=0028-792X}}
Annie Leibovitz (SUMO-sized book with 250 photographs with a supplementary book featuring essays by Annie Leibovitz, Graydon Carter, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Paul Roth)
Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005–2016
Annie Leibovitz, ed. by Riitta Raatikainen, publisher Helsinki City Art Museum, 1999 {{ISBN|9789518965407}}