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 world-traveled dancer and her father an Air Force officer, who coincidentally worked in the fashion industry at the same time. Her mother was also fascinated by documenting the family's travels through photos and this is where she says her love for photography was born. Leibovitz graduated from high school in late 1966, then moved to the Philippines where his father had been rehabilitated. After a short couple of months there he returned to the United States, to California, to the Bay Area where he lived with his sister. . She later enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute with the goal of becoming an art teacher with a focus on painting. When she started taking more art-focused classes, she fell in love with photography instead. Not soon after starting college he heads to a “Kibbutz” which is a community settlement in Israel, typically a farm. He intended to never return to the United States, but in 1970, despite his best efforts, he returned to the United States to accept the freezing assignment from Rolling Stone and to his own surprise the photo he had taken of John Lennon ends up on the cover . Not long after, in 1971, he got his first job at Vogue, one of his future long-term employers, for the September issue featuring the world-famous psychologist Dr. Arthur Janov who invented a new primitive form of therapy. In 1973 he achieved an important success: he appeared in the Rolling Stone magazine as "Chief Photographer". His photography does a great job of capturing Nixon-era political figures and classic rock... middle of paper... He also flies Kristen Dunst, posing as Marie Antoinette, and herself to Versailles to do an amazing shot 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 (Internation Center of Photography) in New York City. That same year Leibovitz was sued by Art Capital Group for an outstanding debt of more than $24 million. He sells his life's work and both his homes, one in Manhattan and the other in Rhinebeck. He reached an agreement with Colony Capital to restructure his debt in 2010. He also continues to shoot for Vogue and Vanity Fair to this day. Leibovitz continues to photograph famous stars around the world and convince many young artists to do what they love and stay true to what they do.