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Annie Leibovitz

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Anna-Lou Leibovitz ( LEE-bə-vits; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer best known for her portraits, particularly of celebrities, which often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses. Leibovitz's Polaroid photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, taken five hours before Lennon's murder, is considered one of Rolling Stone magazine's most famous cover photographs. The Library of Congress declared her a Living Legend, and she is the first woman to have a feature exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery. Leibovitz was just a student in the 1970s when her photos were published for the first time: pictures of Vietnam War protesters in Israel, taken on assignment for Rolling Stone, one of which landed on the cover. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Annie Leibovitz is the 14th most popular photographer (up from 19th in 2019), the 1,791st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,646th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Annie Leibovitz ranks 14 out of 148. Before her are Alexander Rodchenko, Vivian Maier, Robert Doisneau, Oliviero Toscani, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Felice Beato. After her are Brassaï, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Yousuf Karsh, Nobuyoshi Araki, Elliott Erwitt, and Gunter Sachs.

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Among people born in 1949, Annie Leibovitz ranks 97. Before her are Sissy Spacek, Bengt Holmström, Twiggy, Patrick Duffy, Carl Bildt, and Joachim Sauer. After her are Philippe Starck, Homi K. Bhabha, Quini, Morten Olsen, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Axel Honneth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Annie Leibovitz ranks 1,791 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Axel (1946), Robert Noyce (1927), John Payne (1912), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), and Henry J. Heinz (1844). After her are Chris McCandless (1968), Melvin Laird (1922), Bob Gunton (1945), Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), Valerie Solanas (1936), and Stanley Kramer (1913).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Annie Leibovitz ranks 2. Before her are Vivian Maier (1926). After her are Diane Arbus (1923), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Richard Avedon (1923), Irving Penn (1917), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Nan Goldin (1953), William Klein (1928), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Berenice Abbott (1898), and Lewis Hine (1874).

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