Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz was born in 1949. She attended San Francisco Art Institute where she studied painting. She became interested in photography when she started taking pictures in the Philippines, where her father was stationed during the Vietnam war. In 1970, she applied for a job at Rolling Stone. The editor was impressed by her portfolio that she offered Annie the job of staff photographer. Within 2 years, she was promoted to chief photographer, which she held for 10 years. In 1983, she began working for Vanity Fair.

I like her work because her images are so dramatic. Everything from the lighting to the set-up is dramatic. She creates these unreal scenes but they feel real.




Posted by Stephanie Aldrich