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{{short description|American photographer}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Annie Leibovitz
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| caption = Leibovitz in February 2008
| birth_name = Anna-Lou Leibovitz
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|10|2}}
| birth_place = [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], U.S.
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| field = Photography
| training = [[San Francisco Art Institute]]
| movement =
| works =
| patrons =
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| awards = Commandeur, [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]
| partner = [[Susan Sontag]]<br>(1989–2004; Sontag's death)
}}

'''Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|iː|b|ə|v|ɪ|t|s}}; born October 2, 1949) is an American [[Portrait photography|portrait photographer]]. She is best known for her engaging portraits, particularly of celebrities, which often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses. Leibovitz's polaroid of [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]], taken five hours before [[Murder of John Lennon|Lennon's murder]], is considered [[Rolling Stone|''Rolling Stone'' magazine's]] most famous cover photograph.<ref>{{Cite web|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|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=May 23, 2020}}</ref> The [[Library of Congress]] declared her a [[Library of Congress Living Legend|Living Legend]], and she is the first woman to have a feature exhibition at [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|Washington's National Portrait Gallery]].<ref name="Somerstein2008">{{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= 27 October 2008|website= [[PBS]]|access-date= 18 May 2017}}</ref>

==Early life==

Born in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], on October 2, 1949,<ref name=biochannel>{{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}}</ref> Anna-Lou Leibovitz is the third of six children of Marilyn Edith (née Heit) and Samuel Leibovitz.<ref name=independent /> She is a third-generation [[United States|American]]. Her father was a [[lieutenant colonel]] in the [[U.S. Air Force]] of [[Romanian Jews|Romanian Jewish]] heritage<ref name="independent">{{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 | title=Talking pictures with Annie Leibovitz | work=The Independent | date=March 3, 1994 | access-date=July 8, 2010 | last=Lambert | first=Angela | location=London}}</ref> and her mother was a [[modern dance]] instructor of [[Estonian Jews|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]].<ref>{{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=10 June 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="theartstory">{{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=2018-03-26|language=en-US}}</ref> Leibovitz's passion for art was born out of her mother's engagement with dance, music, and painting.<ref name="theartstory" />

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

== Education ==
Leibovitz attended the [[San Francisco Art Institute]],<ref name=WNET/> where she studied painting with the intention of becoming an art teacher.<ref name="theartstory" /> 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]].<ref>{{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=2018-03-29}}</ref> For several years, she continued to develop her photography skills while holding various jobs, including a [[Kibbutz volunteer|stint on a kibbutz]] in [[Amir, Israel]], for several months in 1969.<ref name=bookrags>{{cite web | title=Annie Leibovitz Biography | url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/annie-leibovitz | publisher=bookrags | access-date=July 19, 2007}}</ref>

==Career==
For many years Leibovitz's camera of choice was a [[Mamiya RZ67]].<ref>{{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=2020-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> She also has used the following cameras:

* Hasselblad 500 C/M
* Minolta SRT-101
* Nikon D810
* Fuji 6x9 medium format camera (a.k.a. The ‘Texas Leica’)
* Canon 5D Mark II<ref>{{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=2019-05-06|website=Focus Camera|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="bookrags" />

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."<ref>{{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=2006-10-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

====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.<ref>Leibovitz, A. (2008).''At Work''. New York City, NY: Random House. {{ISBN|978-0-375-50510-2}}</ref>

====John Lennon====
[[File:Annie Leibovitz Lennon Ono December 1980.jpg|thumb|Annie Leibovitz's portrait of [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] a few hours before [[Death of John Lennon|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, {{Quote|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.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}}}

Leibovitz was the last person to professionally photograph Lennon‍—‌he was [[Death of John Lennon|shot and killed]] five hours later. A month or so later, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine 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 [[Kemp Muhl|Charlotte Kemp Muhl]], with male/female roles reversed (Sean clothed, Kemp naked),{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} and by [[Henry Bond]] and [[Sam Taylor-Wood]] in their [[YBA]] pastiche [[October 26, 1993]].

=== 1980–2000 ===
Leibovitz's new style of lighting and use of bold colors and poses got her a position with ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' magazine in 1983.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Annie Leibovitz|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/annie-leibovitz|last=Magazine|first=Vanity Fair|website=Vanity Fair|language=en|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref>

Leibovitz photographed celebrities for an international advertising campaign for [[American Express]] [[charge card]]s, which won a [[Clio Awards|Clio award]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lensmagazine.net/annie-leibovitz/|title=ANNIE LEIBOVITZ – Lens Magazine|website=lensmagazine.net|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-29}}</ref>

In 1991, Leibovitz mounted an exhibition at the [[National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom)|National Portrait Gallery]]. She was the second living portraitist and first woman to show there.<ref name="Life Through a Lens">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Annie Leibovitz {{!}} artnet|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/annie-leibovitz/|website=www.artnet.com|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref> That same year, Leibovitz was also made Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.<ref name="Life Through a Lens" /> 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 (magazine)|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).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/gaga-over-a-gargoyle-15902894/|title=Gaga Over a Gargoyle|work=Smithsonian|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en}}</ref>

In 1998, Annie began to work regularly for [[Vogue (magazine)|''Vogue'']].<ref name=":0" />

=== 2000–present ===

==== Brooklyn Museum retrospective ====
In 2007, a major [[retrospective]] of Leibovitz's work was held at the [[Brooklyn Museum]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Annie Leibovitz: Oct. 2006 – Jan. 2007|url=http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/annie_leibovitz/|date=2007|website=Brooklyn Museum}}</ref> 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 [[Elizabeth II|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 [[California Palace of the Legion of Honor|Palace of the Legion of Honor]] in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] from March 2008 to May 2008. In February 2009, the exhibition was moved to [[Berlin]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{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=9 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=January 21 2009 - Bing|url=http://www.bing.com/search?q=January+21+2009&FORM=QSRE4|website=www.bing.com}}</ref> The show included 200 photographs.<ref>{{cite news|author=Taknuri, Lubna|date=October 21, 2007|title=Leibovitz exhibition|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> This exhibition and her talk focused on her personal photographs and life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brooklyn Museum|url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/annie_leibovitz/|website=www.brooklynmuseum.org|access-date=2018-03-29}}</ref>

==== Queen Elizabeth controversy ====
In 2007, the [[BBC]] misrepresented Leibovitz's portrait shooting of Queen Elizabeth II to take the Queen's official picture for her [[List of state visits made by Queen Elizabeth II|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 angrily to Leibovitz's suggestion ("less dressy") that she remove her [[tiara]], then 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."<ref>{{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=live|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=18 July 2007}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> This led to a BBC scandal and a shake-up of ethics training. However a 2015 ''[[London Times]]'' article 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]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Ingrid Seward|date=1 September 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|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>

==== Miley Cyrus photoshoot controversy ====
On April 25, 2008, ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' reported that 15-year-old [[Miley Cyrus]] had posed topless for a photo shoot with ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''.<ref name="Vanity Fair June 2008">{{cite news|date=June 2008|title=Miley Knows Best|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/06/miley200806}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=April 28, 2008|title=Miley Cyrus topless controversy|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|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=1 May 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miley Cyrus: I'm Sorry for Photos|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20195785,00.html|author=Stephen M. 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=13 May 2008|access-date=April 27, 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref name="NYT VF">{{cite news|author=Brook 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}}</ref> 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".<ref name="NYT VF" /> 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."<ref name="NYT VF" /> 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."<ref name="NYT VF" /><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==== 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]] "[[Disney Dream Portrait Series|Year of a Million Dreams]]" campaign.<ref>{{cite news|title=USA Today Photo Gallery|url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/disneyads/flash.htm|access-date=January 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
*In 2011, Leibovitz was nominated alongside [[Singaporean people|Singaporean]] photographer Dominic Khoo and Wing Shya for Asia Pacific Photographer of the Year.<ref>{{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=2018-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.modelmayhem.com/3720534|title=dominickhoo|website=www.modelmayhem.com|access-date=2018-03-29}}</ref>
*In October 2011, Leibovitz had an exhibit in [[Moscow]]. In an interview with Rossiya 24, she explained her photography style.<ref>{{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 (VGTRK)|Vesti]] |access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref>
*In 2014, Leibovtiz did a shoot of Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West, and their daughter North West for an article in ''Vanity Fair''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/annie-leibovitz-portraits-interview-book|title=Annie Leibovitz on 5 Images That Have Shaped Her Career}}</ref>
*In the same year, the [[New-York Historical Society]] mounted an exhibit of Leibovitz's work, based on her 2011 book, ''Pilgrimages''.<ref name="nyhi">{{cite web|title=Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage|url=http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/annie-leibovitz-pilgrimage|publisher=[[New-York Historical Society]]|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref>
*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.<ref>{{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=2 January 2018}}</ref>
*In 2017, Leibovitz announced the release of an online photography class entitled "Annie Leibovitz Teaches Photography".<ref>{{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|access-date=2018-02-15|language=en}}</ref>
*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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reese Witherspoon appears to have 3 legs on the cover of 'Vanity Fair'|url=https://mashable.com/2018/01/25/oprah-reese-witherspoon-3-legs-photoshop-vanity-fair/#oh0fWVHPOZqp|publisher=[[Mashable]]|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 2018 Vanity Fair Hollywood Portfolio: 12 Extraordinary Stars, One Momentous Year|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/hollywood-issue-portfolio|publisher=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref>
*February–April, 2019: “Annie Leibovitz. The Early Years, 1970-1983: Archive Project No. 1” at [[Hauser & Wirth]] Gallery, Los Angeles<ref>art-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=2019-02-13|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-13|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

====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.<ref>{{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|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life==

===Children===

Leibovitz has three daughters. Her first, [[Sarah Cameron Leibovitz]] was born in October 2001 when Leibovitz was 52 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jillstanek.com/pop-culture/annie-leibovitz.html|title=Annie Leibovitz|work=JillStanek.com|access-date=2013-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120103318/http://www.jillstanek.com/pop-culture/annie-leibovitz.html|archive-date=2013-01-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> Twin girls Susan and Samuelle were born to a [[surrogate mother]] in May 2005.<ref name=sfgate/>

===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."<ref>{{cite news|author=Cathleen 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 }}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news | author=Janny 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}}</ref> While ''The New York Times'' in 2009 referred to Sontag as Leibovitz's "companion",<ref name=nyt-july2009 /> 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'."<ref>{{cite web|last=Brockes|first=Emma|title=My time with Susan|url=http://losarciniegas.blogspot.com/2011/11/annie-leibovitz-my-time-with-susan.html|access-date=17 April 2013}}</ref> That same year, Leibovitz said the descriptor "lover" was accurate.<ref>{{cite web | author=Tom 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= 10 July 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> 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."<ref name=sfgate>{{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}}</ref>

===Religion===

When asked if being Jewish is important to her, Leibovitz replied, "I'm not a practicing Jew, but I feel very Jewish."<ref name=independent />

===Financial troubles===

In February 2009, Leibovitz borrowed {{US$|15.5{{nbsp}}million|link=yes}}, after having experienced financial challenges,<ref name="pawnshop">{{cite news | author = Allen Salkin | title=That Old Master? It's at the Pawnshop | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/arts/design/24artloans.html | work=The New York Times | date=February 24, 2009 | access-date=February 25, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090409074900/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/arts/design/24artloans.html| archive-date=April 9, 2009| url-status= live}}</ref> putting up several houses as well as the rights to all of her photographs as [[collateral (finance)|collateral]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hatch |first=Jennifer |url=http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid75784.asp |title=Advocates: Leibovitz's Loss &#124; Finance |publisher=The Advocate |access-date=January 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/business/finance/2009/04/06/leibovitz%E2%80%99s-loss|title=Leibovitz's Loss|date=6 April 2009}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' noted that "one of the world's most successful photographers essentially pawned every snap of the shutter she had made or will make until the loans are paid off",<ref name="pawnshop" /> and that, despite a {{US$|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.<ref name=nyt-july2009>{{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}}</ref>

The Greenwich Village properties, at 755{{ndash}}757 Greenwich Street, are part of the [[Greenwich Village|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In July 2009, the Art Capital Group filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Leibovitz for {{US$|24{{nbsp}}million}} regarding repayment of these loans.<ref>{{cite news|author=Salkin, Allen |title=Lender Sues Annie Leibovitz|work=The New York Times|date= July 30, 2009 |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/lender-sues-annie-leibovitz/?scp=1&sq=leibovitz&st=cse}}</ref> In a follow-up article from September 5, 2009, an [[Associated Press]] story quoted legal experts as saying that filing for [[bankruptcy]] reorganization might offer Leibovitz her best chance to control and direct the disposition of her assets to satisfy debts.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ilnytzky |first=Ula |date=September 5, 2009 |title=Debts closing in on photographer Annie Leibovitz |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705328114/Debts-closing-in-on-photographer-Annie-Leibovitz.html |newspaper=Deseret News |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> On September 11, Art Capital Group withdrew its lawsuit against Leibovitz and extended the due date for repayment of the {{US$|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".<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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|author=Sender, Henny |work=Financial Times|date= March 9, 2010 |access-date=March 9, 2010}}</ref> The following month, Brunswick Capital Partners sued Leibovitz, claiming it was owed several hundred thousand dollars for helping her restructure her debt.<ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/arts/design/07arts-MORELEGALWOE_BRF.html |work=The New York Times|date= April 6, 2010|access-date=April 10, 2010|title=More Legal Woe}}</ref> In December 2012, Leibovitz listed her [[West Village]] townhouse for sale at $33 million, stating she wanted to move closer to her daughter.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Notable photographs==

[[File:Annie Leibovitz-SF-2-Cropped.jpg|right|thumb|Leibovitz in front of her ''[[More Demi Moore]]'' ''Vanity Fair'' cover photo, 2008]]

* In 1978 Leibovitz photographed the cover for [[Joan Armatrading]]'s fifth studio album ''[[To the Limit (Joan Armatrading album)|To the Limit]]'', spending four days at her house capturing the images.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mayes, Sean |date=1990|title= Joan Armatrading – A Biography (unauthorised)|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson|isbn= 0-297-81058-8 |page=86}}</ref> Leibovitz also did the photography for Armatrading's live album, ''[[Steppin' Out (Joan Armatrading album)|Steppin' Out]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://progrography.com/joan-armatrading/joan-armatrading-steppin-1979/|title=Joan Armatrading: Steppin' Out (1979) - Progrography|date=2008-11-22|work=Progrography|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Sonia Braga]] was photographed for an [[American Express]] campaign in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|author=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}}</ref>
* [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] for the Jan. 22, 1981, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' cover, taken the day Lennon was murdered.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journeyamerica.us/annie-leibovitz-and-an-iconic-cover/ |title=Annie Leibovitz and an Iconic Cover |work=JourneyAmerica |access-date=11 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109091735/http://www.journeyamerica.us/annie-leibovitz-and-an-iconic-cover/ |archive-date=9 November 2015 }}</ref> Leibovitz called it "the photograph of my life" and the photograph she would be remembered for.<ref>{{cite web |date= September 29, 2017 |author= Joe 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 (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] }}</ref>
* Prisoners at [[Correctional Training Facility|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/rs78-2.jpg|title=Ronstadt-linda.com}}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/10/covers_portfolio200810?slide=10#slide=10 |title=at 25: The Covers &#124; Culture |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= 3 March 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[Marion Cotillard]] for the Autumn/Winter 2009 collection of the [[Dior|Lady Dior - ''Lady Rouge'' handbag]] campaign<ref>{{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}}</ref> and for the November 2009 cover of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' with the cast of ''[[Nine (2009 live-action film)|Nine]]''.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{Cite web|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|last1=Stone|first1=Rolling|last2=Stone|first2=Rolling|date=2013-01-28|website=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-28}}</ref>
* [[Whoopi Goldberg]] lying in a [[bathtub]] full of milk, shot from above.
* [[Christo and Jeanne-Claude|Christo]], fully wrapped so the viewer must take the artist's word that Christo is actually under the wrapping.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nikohk.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/christo-wrapped-by-annie-leibovitz.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-09-21 |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=2011-07-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aboutus.com/Nikok.com|title=Nikok.com offers information about fashion designs for men - AboutUs|website=www.aboutus.com}}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h92F2a-n9aY/SiCWI-llMeI/AAAAAAAAFp8/FVtcPh_cAmI/s400/dolly+parson+Leibovitz.JPG|title=3.bp}}</ref>
* [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[John Belushi]] as [[The Blues Brothers]], with their faces painted blue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U67MI-eNxmM/So52Zn4-2EI/AAAAAAAAATA/P6VKIG4-rxw/s400/Leibovitz-RS-BB.jpg|title=1.bp}}</ref>
* [[Keira Knightley]] and [[Scarlett Johansson]], both nude, with a fully clothed [[Tom Ford]], for the cover of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''{{'}}s March 2006 [[Hollywood]] Issue.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185769,00.html | 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=dead }}</ref>
* [[Knut (polar bear)|Knut]] with [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], a 2007 ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' cover.<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0320/knut.html "Fans mourn death of polar bear Knut"].</ref>
* [[Elizabeth II|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britainusa.com/sections/articles_show_nt1.asp?d=5&i=70003&L1=41004&L2=70003&a=46309 |title=British Embassy in the United States |publisher=Britainusa.com |access-date=January 26, 2011}}</ref><ref name="TheTelegraph">{{cite web|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/|website=The Telegraph|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref>
* [[Jackie Collins|Jackie]] and [[Joan Collins]] in a limo, Los Angeles 1987.
* [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], naked in the desert, covered in mud to blend in with the scenery.<ref>[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=2011-09-28 }}</ref>
* Closeup portrait of [[Pete Townshend]] framed by his bleeding hand dripping real blood down the side of his face.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewho.org/photos/bloodypt.jpg|title=Thewho.org}}</ref>
* "Fire" portrait and caption "[[Patti Smith]] Catches Fire."<ref>[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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/crit/rs780727.htm |title=Patti Smith Catches Fire |publisher=Oceanstar.com |access-date=January 26, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Cyndi Lauper]], ''[[She's So Unusual]]'' and ''[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper album)|True Colors]]'' [[album cover]]s.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=%time% |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 }}</ref>
* [[Bruce Springsteen]], ''[[Born in the U.S.A.]]'' and ''[[Tunnel of Love (album)|Tunnel of Love]]'' album covers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bruce-Springsteen-Tunnel-Of-Love/release/386066|title=Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love}}</ref><ref>{{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=12 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Gisele Bündchen]] and [[LeBron James]] on the April 2008 cover of ''Vogue'' America.<ref name="npr 3/27/08">[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89151096 Some Call LeBron James' 'Vogue' Cover Offensive], [[News & Notes]], 2008-03-27</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-03-24-vogue-controversy_N.htm?csp=3 LeBron James' 'Vogue' cover called racially insensitive], [[USA Today]], 2008-03-24</ref>
*[[Miley Cyrus]]'s ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|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' book ''[[The Road Ahead (Bill Gates book)|The Road Ahead]].''
*[[Family of Barack Obama]] in the White House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/12/15/first-look-new-obama-family-portrait|title=First Look: New Obama Family Portrait|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref>
*[[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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/09/armstrong200809#~o|title=LANCE ARMSTRONG RIDES AGAIN}}</ref>
*[[Lady Gaga]] for ''Vogue'' and ''Vanity Fair''.
*[[Rihanna]] for ''Vogue'' in 2011 and 2012.
*The cast of ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.in/content/benedict-cumberbatch-sherlock-holmes|title=Benedict Cumberbatch on playing Sherlock Holmes|work=Vogue India|access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref>
*[[Kim Kardashian]], [[Kanye West]] and their daughter North for ''Vogue'' in 2014.<ref>{{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 |author=Hamish Bowles |date=April 2014 |work=Vogue |access-date=April 6, 2014}}</ref>
*[[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''<ref>{{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|access-date=2017-05-24}}</ref> in 2017.
*[[Caitlyn Jenner]] for ''Vanity Fair''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/entertainment/bruce-caitlyn-jenner-vanity-fair-feat/|title=No more Bruce: Meet Caitlyn Jenner|author=Lisa Respers France, CNN|date=1 June 2015|work=CNN|access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref> in 2015.
*[[Mark Zuckerberg]] and his pregnant wife Priscilla Chan in 2015.<ref name=todayzuckerburg>{{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]]|access-date=5 November 2015}}</ref>
*[[Adele]] for ''Vogue'' in 2016.
*[[Christopher Hitchens]] at dinner on the night of his marriage to Carol Blue. Used on the cover of Hitchens' book ''For the Sake of Argument''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Hitchens - For the Sake of Argument (1993)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RExo5JOn4tg&t=4m24s|website=youtube.com}}</ref>
*[[Serena Williams]] on the cover of ''Vanity Fair'' August 2017, while pregnant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pregnant Serena Williams poses naked on the cover of Vanity Fair|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40422852/pregnant-serena-williams-poses-naked-on-the-cover-of-vanity-fair|website=BBC Newsbeat|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 June 2017}}</ref>

==Awards==
* 2018 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, [[Rhode Island School of Design]]<ref>{{cite web|title=RISD Commencement 2017|url=http://commencement.risd.edu/#speakers|website=commencement.risd.edu|publisher=Rhode Island School of Design|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref>
* 2015 [[Paez Medal of Art]] from VAEA<ref>{{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=2018-01-22|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Communication<ref>{{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=11 November 2015}}</ref>
* 2009 The Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in recognition of a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography<ref>{{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=11 November 2015}}</ref>
* 2003 The [[Lucie Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lucies.org/honorees/annie-leibovitz/|title= The Lucie Awards: 2003 Honoree - Women in Photography Award}}</ref>
* 1999 ADC Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |url=http://adcglobal.org/hall-of-fame/annie-leibovitz/|title= 1999 ADC Hall of Fame}}</ref>

==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''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mallon|first=Thomas|date=2008-12-12|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=2020-05-23|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* ''Pilgrimage''
* ''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}}

== See also ==
* ''[[Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.]]''
* [[LGBT culture in New York City]]
* [[List of self-identified LGBTQ New Yorkers]]

==References==
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