Annie leibovitz photographer biography sample

Annie Leibovitz is one of the most influential photographers of our time and without doubt, the most famous photographer working today.

For over five decades, her culture-defining images and distinctive portraits have appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and Vogue among others, documenting modern society’s preoccupation with celebrity and appearance. 

Leibovitz is best known for her controlling eye, storybook style, and skill at coaxing unexpected behavior from her famous subjects. 

Her body of work is beyond impressive: the photo of John Lennon curled up naked next to a clothed Yoko taken hours before his death; a roped up Clint Eastwood; Demi Moore pregnant and Demi Moore painted; Whoopi Goldberg in a tub of milk and Miley Cyrus topless.

When asked how she sees her job as a photographer she responded with:

To see people as they are, as they imagine themselves, as they wish to be.

To be witness, the friend, the judge, the a