A Photographer's Life by Annie Leibovitz

There will also be a free guided tour for visitors on Sunday at 11:30am.īy Natalie White | Photos of Exhibit from The National Portrait GalleryĪnnie Leibovitz is one of America's best-known living artists and most celebrated photographers. She became the magazine’s chief photographer in 1973, and ten years later began working for Vanity Fair, and then Vogue, creating a legendary body of work, in addition to her magazine work and influential advertising campaigns.Īnnie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life 1990–2005 is a Brooklyn Museum exhibition, curated by Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art.UPDATE: In commemoration of Singapore's 49th birthday, the ArtScience Museum will be offering FREE admission for the upcoming National Day weekend.

One of the most celebrated photographers of our time, Annie Leibovitz has been making witty, powerful images documenting American popular culture since the early 1970s, when her work began appearing in Rolling Stone Magazine. There are also landscapes taken in Monument Valley in the American West and in Wadi Rum in the Jordanian desert.Īt the heart of the exhibition, Annie Leibovitz’s personal photography documents scenes from her life, including the birth and childhood of her three daughters, and vacations, reunions, and rites of passage with her parents, her extended family and close friends. Highlights include the nude portrait of Demi Moore, due to give birth shortly, which graced the cover of Vanity Fair in 1991, a very radical photograph at the time.įeatured assignment work includes searing reportage from the siege of Sarajevo in the early 1990s and the election of Hillary Clinton to the US Senate. The exhibition features Leibovitz’s portraits of well-known figures, including actors such as Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt and Scarlett Johansson as well as artists such as Richard Avedon, Matthew Barney, Brice Marden, Chuck Close and Cindy Sherman. Arranged chronologically, they project a unified narrative of the artist’s private life against the backdrop of her public image. With approximately 200 photographs, the exhibition shows iconic images of famous public figures together with personal photographs of her family and close friends.

A Photographer's Life by Annie Leibovitz