Annie Leibovitz, one of the most famous photographers of our time, is the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Hermitage Museum. Annie Leibovitz A Photographer’s Life 1990-2005 brings together, chronologically, almost 100 iconic images of famous public figures together with personal photographs of her family and close friends.
Featured assignment work includes searing reportage from the siege of Sarajevo in the early 1990s and the election of Hillary Clinton to the US Senate.
The exhibition also features Leibovitz’s portraits of well-known figures, including actors such as Jamie Foxx, Daniel Day Lewis, Demi Moore, Nelson Mandela, Scarlett Johansson, Al Pacino, Nicole Kidman and Brad Pitt as well as artists and architects such as Richard Avedon, Brice Marden, Philip Johnson, Chuck Close and Cindy Sherman. The Hermitage also shows some covers for magazines like Vanity Fair or Rolling Stones.
The exhibition has travelled from New York to San Francisco, London, Paris, Berlin and most recently Sydney and it will go to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow.
Date: until September 12.
Location: The State Hermitage Museum. 2 Palace Square. St. Petersburg.
Hours: from Tuesday to Saturday from 10.30am to 6pm. Sunday from 10.30am to 5pm.
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