American born photographer Annie Leibovitz began her career working as a resident photographer for the newly launched magazine, Rolling Stone. She worked for the magazine for 10 years and helped shape the defining characteristics of the rolling stone magazine cover.
Leibovitz is known for capturing intimate moments on film or one second stories as some may call them as one glimpse brings the viewer into another world, time and place. Leibovitz has received the prestigious award the Photographic Societies Medal of Centenary in 2009.
The photo featured above is one of the photos Leibovitz is most known for. It is a photograph she took of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, this was the last professional photograph taken of Lennon as he was devastatingly shot 5 hours after it was taken. This photo made the front cover of the Rolling stone magazine that month as a tribute to the late Lennon.
What I like about Leibovitz's photography is her ability to recreate mystical, magical moments using soft tones and busy scenes to draw the eye into different corners of the picture to discover something new. I love her recreations of Disney scenes the best. They remind me of the childhood books and movies I used to read and watch and take me back to that magical place. Her photographs have striking similarities to renaissance art works with their velvety tones and shadows, rich colours and extravagant settings. These are trademark characteristics of many Leibovitz's works.
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