ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S LIFE 1990-2005

Organised by the Brooklyn Museum
Sponsored by American Express

Annie Leibovitz
by Martin Schoeller
© Martin Schoeller

TOURING EXHIBITION

This exhibition includes over 175 photographs by the celebrated photographer, encompassing well-known work made on editorial assignment as well as personal photographs of her family and close friends. "I don't have two lives," Leibovitz says. "This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it."

The exhibition features many of Leibovitz's best-known portraits of public figures, including actors such as Jamie Foxx, Nicole Kidman, and Brad Pitt; athletes preparing for the 1996 Olympic Games; George W. Bush with members of his Cabinet at the White House; and her famous 1991 image of then-pregnant actress Demi Moore, one of the most recognizable photographs of its time. The show also highlights images of artists and architects such as Richard Avedon, Brice Marden, Philip Johnson, and Cindy Sherman. Leibovitz's assignment work includes reportage from the siege of Sarajevo in the early 1990s, the election of Hillary Clinton to the U.S. Senate, and the aftermath of the September 11th attacks.

Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990­2005 threads together the two sides of Leibovitz's work both chronologically and creatively, projecting a narrative of the artist's private life against the backdrop of her public image as one of America's best-known portrait photographers.

Venues
Maison Eurpéene de la Photographie, Paris
17 June - 14 September 2008

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