Annie Leibovitz
Biography

     One of the most celebrated photographers of our era, Annie Leibovitz's stunning portraits have been featured on the covers of magazines for nearly thirty years. Born in 1949 and raised in Maryland, the artist currently lives in New York City. Her powerful likenesses were first reproduced in Rolling Stone magazine in 1970 (she became the chief photographer for the magazine in 1973) and throughout the Seventies she documented numerous concert tours including the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead as well as numerous highly esteemed artistic, political and entertainment figures.
     She became the first contributing photographer for Vanity Fair magazine in 1983 and published her first monograph later that year. In 1984 she was awarded "Photographer of the Year" by the American Society of Magazine Photographers and in 1987 American Express and The Gap commissioned her award winning advertising campaigns.
     In 1991, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, in association with the International Center for Photography in New York, mounted the important touring exhibition, "Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990." Leibovitz became the very first woman and only the second living photographer to be awarded this honor by the Gallery. The exhibition was accompanied by a major monograph including 200 reproductions; it traveled internationally through 1997. In 1995 the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games commissioned Leibovitz to document the 26th Olympiad held in the summer of 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, resulting in an acclaimed exhibition and fully illustrated catalog of richly toned black and white silverprints.
     In 1999 the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, mounted the exhibition "Annie Leibovitz: Women", accompanied by a major book with essay by Susan Sontag. A broad spectrum of over 100 powerful portraits of contemporary American women are included in the series: an astronaut, a CEO, rock stars, actresses, First Ladies and Supreme Court Justices of the United States, socialites and showgirls, poets and painters, political activists and the homeless. The unknown, the famous and the infamous are included and the sum total is a collection of profoundly moving portraits of contemporary womankind. As Leibovitz proclaims, these images document "how we look and what we do. I'm very moved by the sense of dignity these women have." The exhibition, Annie Leibovitz: Women" traveled to the International Center for Photography in New York in 2000 and will tour to museums across the United States for the next few years.
     Numerous photographs by Annie Leibovitz are available through the gallery, usually in the 16 x 20" or 20 x 24" format. Please contact the gallery for exact pricing and availability. To view images, consult the artist's publications below as well as past issues of Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue.

     "Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970 - 1990", Harper Perennial, 1991.

     "Olympic Portraits: Annie Leibovitz", Bulfinch Press, 1996.

     "Annie Leibovitz: Women", essay by Susan Sontag, Random House, 1999.



ANNIE LEIBOVITZ; PILGRIMAGE
Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage appears at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, from January 20 to May 20, 2012. Organized for the Smithsonian by guest curator Andy Grundberg, former New York Times photography critic, the exhibition of Annie's personal, non-commercial images, is presented in conjunction with the new book by Annie Leibovitz, Pilgrimage, published by Random House in 2011.

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ RETROSPECTIVE:
"Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005" features 100 photographs of subjects ranging from her children to actors, artists and politicians. The show and catalogue are organized by Charlotta Kotik for the Brooklyn Museum.

Itinerary:
Brooklyn Museum, Oct. 20, 2006 - Jan 21, 2007
San Diego Museum of Art, Feb. 10 - Apr. 27, 2007
High Museum, Atlanta, May 12 - Sept. 9, 2007
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Oct. 13, 2007 - Jan. 13, 2008
de Young Museum, San Francisco, Feb.9 - May 11, 2008
Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris, June - September 2008
National Portrait Gallery, London, October 2008 - January 2009
additional international venues to be announced.



Selected available editions:




1. Sting, Lucerne Valley, CA, 1985, cibachrome, 16 x 20" paper, Price on request
Reproduced in Annie Leibovitz Photographs 1970-1990
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, reprint by Harper Perennial.




2. Jodie Foster, Malibu, 1988, cibachrome, 20 x 16 paper, $15,000 +300 frame.
Reproduced in Annie Leibovitz Photographs 1970-1990




3. Dominique Moceanu, Houston, Texas, 1996, gelatin silverprint, 20 x 16" paper, $8,500 + 300 frame.
Reproduced in Annie Leibovitz, Olympic Portraits, Atlanta, 1996




4. Louise Bourgeois, Sculptor, New York City, 1997, gelatin silverprint, 16 x 20" paper, Private collection, edition sold out
Reproduced in Annie Leibovitz: Women, 1999




5. Jerry Hall and Gabriel Jagger, New York City, 1998, C-print, 20 x 16" paper, Price on request
Reproduced in Annie Leibovitz: Women, 1999




6. Gwyneth Paltrow and Blythe Danner, Actresses, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1999, crystal archive c-print, 20 x 16" paper, $15,000 + 300 frame.
Reproduced in Annie Leibovitz: Women, 1999.




7. Dolly Parton, Pigeon Forge, TN, 2002, gelatin silver enlargement print, 40 x 60" paper, Price on Request
Reproduced in Annie Leibovitz: American Music, 2003.




8. Kilgore College Rangerettes, Kilgore Texas, 1998, C-print, 16 x 20" paper, $8500 + 300 frame.
Reproduced in Annie Leibovitz: Women, 1999.




9. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, Los Angeles, 1995, dye coupler print, 20 x 16" paper,
edition of 40, $15,000 + $300 frame

All of these images as well as most of the images in the new Large Folio Leibovitz book recently published by Taschen are available in the new large scale print size of approximately 30 x 42" with a starting price of $20,000.00.

All prints are in an edition of 40. Only 33 prints of each edition are for sale. All prints above are in mint condition and available for immediate delivery. All are framed with UV glass and archival matting and mounting. Numerous other prints are available, but with a three to six month waiting list due the the artist's backlog for printing. Please inquire as to availability since many of the iconic Leibovitz images are now sold out.

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Installation of five classic photographs on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, April 10 to September 3, 2018. Courtesy of Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore and the artist. The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, honored Ms. Leibovitz with the Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts at its Spring Gala on April 20, 2018.