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Article: Annie Leibovitz: portrait of a portrait photographer; she brings a point of view that's surprising, sometimes startling - always arresting.
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- Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management
- Article date:
- July 1, 1988
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Annie Leibovitz: Portrait of a portrait photographer | You've seen her work in Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair; you've seen it in books and award-winning American Express print ads. And you can't forget it.
It's the work of Annie Leibovitz.
How does she get such memorable photographs: John Lennon in a fetal position, nude next to Yoko Ono; Whoopie Goldberg in a tub of milk; and so many others? It's not who she shoots--it's how.
Take the Leibovitz shots of Martina Navratilova.
"Every time 2 saw pictures of Martina, I saw her with make-up on and her hair done and it just looked so weird to me," says Leibovitz. "In my picture I wanted her ...