Anna - Lou Leibovitz, also known by Annie to her friends and colleagues, was born on October 12, 1949 to Sam and Marilyn Leibovitz, in the small town of Waterbury Connecticut. Her mother was a dancer who had traveled the world and her father, an Air Force officer, who, coincidentally, once worked in the fashion industry. His mother also had a great fascination with documenting her family's travels in photos. It was there, she believes, that her love for photography was born. Leibovitz graduated from high school in late 1966, then moved to the Philippines where his father had been resettled. After a few months, she returned to the United States, to California, to the Bay Area, where she lived with her sister. . She then enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute with the goal of becoming an art teacher with a concentration in painting. As she began taking more art-focused classes, she fell in love with photography. Shortly after starting college, she went to a “kibbutz,” a communal settlement in Israel, usually a farm. She intended never to return to the United States again, but in 1970, despite her efforts, she returned to the United States to accept her freezing assignment at Rolling Stone and, to her own surprise, the photo she had shot of John Lennon on the cover. Shortly after, in 1971, she got her first job with one of her future long-term employers, Vogue, for its September issue featuring world-renowned psychologist Dr. Arthur Janov, who invented a new primitive form of therapy. In 1973, she received a major achievement: she appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine as "Chief Photographer." His cinematography does a magnificent job of capturing the political figures and classic rock of the Nixon era...... middle of paper ...... he also takes Kristen Dunst, who impersonates Marie Antoinette, and herself in Versailles to do a huge shoot for the September cover of Vogue. Another milestone in Leibovitz's career was a photograph of Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in 2007. In 2009, Leibovitz accepted a lifetime achievement award from the ICP (International Center of Photography) from New York. The same year, Leibovitz was sued by Art Capital Group for an unpaid debt of more than $24 million. She sold her life's work and her two homes, one in Manhattan and the other in Rhinebeck. She reached a deal with Colony Capital to restructure her debt in 2010. She also continues to photograph for Vogue and Vanity Fair until today. Leibovitz continues to photograph famous stars from around the world and inspires many young artists to do what they love and stick to what you do..