Dorothy A. Richman, Rabbinical Student, Jewish Theological Seminary
Annie Leibovitz
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Annie Leibovitz
b. 1949
American photographer Annie Leibovitz is one of the foremost portrait photographers of her time, the creator of iconic images of cultural figures and celebrities. She became the chief photographer of Rolling Stone in 1973 and her first book, Annie Leibovitz: Photographs was published in 1983, the same year she joined Vanity Fair. Her portraits have also appeared in Vogue, the New York Times Magazine, and the New Yorker. Among her many honors, Leibovitz has been made a Commandeur des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government and has been designated a living legend by the Library of Congress.
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