Annie Leibovitz

Anne Leibovitz has a very unique and interesting style. She sets up photos that are very shocking and draw you into the picture. Her pictues also show off her model's personalities very well. She has a good way of framing the pictures to portray their personality.

Annie was born in Connecticut. She remembers her mother always taking a lot of pictures when she was younger. Her father was in the Air Force and she began taking her first photos on the base when he brought the family with him to the Philippines. She went to college to be a painter at the San Francisco Art Institute. Soon after that she began taking photos and developing a style. For a while after college she became very interested in taking photos of rockstars. She went on tour with the Rolling Stones, then soon after became a photographer at Rolling Stones magazine. She was soon named chief photographer and worked at the magazine for 10 years. She became more interested in other magazines and also learned how to take photos of other people but let her style shine through. She soon became photographer at Vanity Fair magazine.


Annie Leibovitz is most noted for her photos of famous celebrities. She uses fantastic lighting and sets up amazing photoshoots to create astounding photographs. Annie liked to push the limits on her photographs which sometimes caused quite the controversy, but her edgyness is what makes her photos great.