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Born on October 2nd in Waterbury, Connecticut.
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Enrolled at San Francisco Art Institute.
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Applied for a job and began working at Rolling Stone.
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Became Chief Photographer at Rolling Stone. Held this position for the next decade.
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Left Rolling Stone and began working at Vanity Fair.
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Won Clio Award for Leibovitz's work on the American Express Advertising Campaign
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Begins a relationship with Susan Sontag. The relationship ends in 2004 with Sontag's death.
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More than 200 photographs from Leibovitz’s collection were exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. She was the first woman to be so honored. A book was also published to go along with the show titled “Photographs: Annie Leibovitz, 1970-1990”
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Worked as the official photographer for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Leibovitz published her first book “Women”. In this story Leibovitz presented an array of female images from Supreme Court justices to Vegas showgirls to coal miners and farmers. The project is set to be continued in a travelling exhibition making a London debut in January 2016.
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Leibovitz has her first daughter, Sarah Leibovitz.
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Leibovitz published second book “American Music”. This book has emphasis on important figures in the realm of blues, country, folk, hip-hop and jazz.
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Leibovitz has twin daughters, Susan and Samuelle Leibovitz, with the help of a surrogate mother.
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Brooklyn Museum of Art presented the retrospective "Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990-2005,".
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Leibovitz published her third book, “Pilgrimage”. This book focused on items associated with famous figures like Abraham Lincoln and Marian Anderson.