Annie Leibovitz. The Early Years. 1970-1983

For more than half a century, Annie Leibovitz has taken culture-defining photographs. Her portraits of politicians, artists, athletes, businessmen and royalty form a gallery of our time. Her portraits of politicians, artists, athletes, businessmen and royalty constitute a gallery of our time, etched in our collective consciousness by both the particularity of their subjects and Leibovitz's inimitable style.

Taschen's coffee table book "Annie Leibovitz: The Early Years, 1970-1983′ returns to Leibovitz's origins. It begins with a moment of artistic epiphany: the spontaneous shot that made Leibovitz think she could switch from painting to photography as her major at the San Francisco Art Institute. The carefully and personally curated collection, including contact sheets and polaroids, offers a vivid document of Leibovitz's development as a young artist and of a crucial era.

Leibovitz's reportage-style photo stories for Rolling Stone, for which she began working while still a student, document heady political, cultural and countercultural developments such as the protests against the Vietnam War, the launch of the Apollo 17, the 1972 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974 and the Rolling Stones' 1975 tour. Then, as now, Leibovitz won the trust of prominent figures and celebrities, and the pages of the book are animated by many familiar faces, including Muhammad Ali, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ken Kesey, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Didion and Debbie Harry, as well as John Lennon and Yoko Ono, captured in their now iconic embrace just hours before Lennon was assassinated.

Throughout the book, portraits and reports are paired with images of cars, driving and even a series on California highway patrols. In many ways, it is a celebration of life on the road - the hectic rhythms, the chance encounters, the meditative opportunities. And with its rich archival aspects, it is also a tribute to an earlier time and a young photographer caught up in a culture that was itself in transition.

Specifications
Title: Annie Leibovitz. The Early Years. 1970-1983
Author: Jann S. Wenner
Publisher: TASCHEN
Size: 210 x 150 x 22 mm
Size: 182 pages
Weight: 1300 grams
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783836571890

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