Portraiture Research

Annie Leibovitz is a photographer who has worked with many of celebrities and winey shoots. Born in 1949, Annie had a job for Rolling Stones magazine in 1970. She then later in 1983 began working for Vanity Fair. Leibovitz started to work for high profile advertising campaigns. From the 90's to this present day she remains publishing and exhibiting her work.

Annie Leibovitz is considered Americas best portrait photographer. She published a book called 'Women' in 1999. Following the title she presented various photos from the Supreme Court Justices of women. Also farmers, coal miners and Vegas showgirls. Leibovitz has currently got her original prints housed in various galleries.

Leibovitz was very passionate about her photography, it is evidenced in some the of her famous quotes:

'A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.'

'The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.'

'I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.'

Here is some work of hers:

This is the cover from Les Miserables.

This is one of the most famous actresses; Angelina Jolie.

This is Taylor Swift doing a disney photoshoot.

However, Annie Leibovitz portrait photography is very different from another famous photographer called Alec Soth.

Alec Soth is an American photographer who made large scale projects featuring the midwest.Alec is known for having Folkfore in or behind his work (traditions/stories.) The New York times said that he has made a 'photographic career out of finding chemistry with strangers.'
     Most commonly Alec's work tends to focus on off beat, hauntingly banal images of modern America.
So whilst Leibovitz focuses more on women, and for higher status people, Soth focuses on natural, abstract photos.