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Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz () (born October 2 , 1949 ) is a noted American Portrait Photographer whose style is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject. BIOGRAPHY Leibovitz was born in Waterbury, Connecticut , one of six children and was a Military Brat ; her father was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force , and family moved frequently when she was young. Leibovitz was influenced by her mother, a modern dance instructor. In high school, she became interested in various artistic endeavors, and wrote and played music. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute . She became interested in photography after taking pictures on a trip to visit her family, then otherwise based in the Philippines . For several years, she continued to develop her photography skills while she worked various jobs, including a stint on a Kibbutz in Israel for several months in 1969 .1 CAREER ''Rolling Stone'' magazine When Leibovitz returned to America in 1970 , she became involved with '' Rolling Stone '' magazine, which had just launched a short time before. In 1973 , publisher Jann Wenner named Leibovitz chief photographer of the magazine, and she remained with the magazine until 1983 . Her intimate portraits of celebrities helped define the look of the magazine. Other noted projects
PERSONAL LIFE Leibovitz had a close romantic relationship with noted writer and essayist Susan Sontag . They met in 1990, when both had already established notability in their careers. Leibovitz has suggested that Sontag mentored her and constructively criticized her work. After Sontag's death in 2004, '' Newsweek '' published an article about Leibovitz that made reference to her decade-plus relationship with Sontag, stating that "The two first met in the late '80s, when Leibovitz photographed her for a book jacket. They never lived together, though they each had an apartment within view of the other's."4 Neither Leibovitz nor Sontag had ever previously publicly disclosed whether the relationship was familial, a friendship, or romantic in nature. However, when Leibovitz was interviewed for her 2006 book ''A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005'', she said the book told a number of stories, and that "with Susan, it was a love story".5 In the preface to the new book, she speaks in greater detail about her romantic/intellectual relationship with Sontag and her lesbianism, briefly discussing a book they were working on together and describes how assembling her new book was part of the grieving process after Sontag's death. Leibovitz acknowledged that she and the late Sontag were romantically involved. When asked why she used terms like "companion" to describe Sontag, instead of more specific ones like "partner" or "lover", Leibovitz finally said that "lover" was fine with her.6 She later repeated the assertion in stating to the ''San Francisco Chronicle'': "Call us 'lovers'. I like 'lovers.' You know, 'lovers' sounds romantic. I mean, I want to be perfectly clear. I love Susan."7 Children Leibovitz has three children: Sarah Cameron Leibovitz (b. October 2001) was born when Annie was 52 years old. Her twins Susan and Samuelle were born to a surrogate mother in May 2005. SELECTED LEIBOVITZ PHOTOS
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