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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Tom May

Why Annie Leibovitz is still asking what women look like

A pregnant Rihanna sits on a turquoise velvet chaise lounge, draped in a black fur coat with a silver chain draped across her bare stomach.

Annie Leibovitz isn’t just a photographer; she’s one of the people who helps us see the world for what it is. For over 50 years, her portraits have shaped our collective imagination of fame, power and personality; from John and Yoko’s tender last embrace to Whoopi Goldberg submerged in a bath of milk.

But in 1999, Leibovitz turned her camera towards something bigger than celebrity: she asked, "What do women actually look like now?" The result was Women, a collaboration with her partner, the writer Susan Sontag; a sweeping portrait of a generation, seen through Leibovitz’s empathetic lens.

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