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Article: Annie Leibovitz: Celebrity Photographer.
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
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Historical eras once were chronicled by the written word. Today, though, the photographer/cameraman has taken over that role, with people more eager to consume a visual image of a celebrity or event than to read about it. Since she burst upon the scene in the 1970s, Annie Leibovitz's camera has become the defining depicter of the "in" scene, and her photos virtually have became the signature of first Rolling Stone, then the revived Vanity Fair.
Following Leibovitz on a series of photo shoots, including the well-publicized Vanity Fair cover of actress Demi Moore's nude body painted to look as if she were wearing a man's suit, viewing family home movies, and ...