Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer. She photographed John Lennon on the day he was assassinated, and her work has been used on numerous album covers and magazines. She is the first woman to have held an exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery in 1991.Leibovitz is much influenced by Richard Avedon, and his 'personal reportage', developing close rapport with her subjects.Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on October 2, 1949, Anna-Lou Leibovitz is the third of six children of Marilyn Edith (née Heit) and Samuel Leibovitz. She is a third-generation American; her father's parents were Romanian-Jews. Her mother was a modern dance instructor of Estonian-Jewish heritage. Her father was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. The family moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when he was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War. Wikipedia
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