Annie Leibovitz

14–28 SEPTEMBER 2021

Classic

The Fall

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ BEGAN HER CAREER AS A PHOTOJOURNALIST FOR ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE IN 1970, WHILE SHE WAS STILL A STUDENT AT THE SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE. IN 1983, SHE JOINED THE STAFF OF VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE, WHERE SHE DEVELOPED A LARGE BODY OF WORK—PORTRAITS OF ACTORS, DIRECTORS, WRITERS, MUSICIANS, ATHLETES, AND POLITICAL AND BUSINESS FIGURES—THAT EXPANDED HER COLLECTIVE PORTRAIT OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE.CURIOSITY ABOUT LIFE IN ALL ITS ASPECTS, I THINK, IS STILL THE SECRET OF GREAT CREATIVE PEOPLE.

THE PHENOMENON

Leibovitz is the recipient of many honors, including the International Center of Photography’s Lifetime Achievement Award, The American Society of Magazine Editors’ first Creative Excellence Award, and the Centenary Medal of the Royal Photographic Society in London. In 2006, she was decorated a Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. Leibovitz has been designated a Living Legend by the U.S. Library of Congress. She lives in New York.

Hellenic Centre of Photography is pleased to announce an unprecedented exhibition of work by Annie Leibovitz. Her debut solo show in Greece features iconic artworks from her forty-year career.

It is a life looking through a lens.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The exhibition revolves around the theme exoring different sides of life in public and private spheres. Leibovitz’s celebrated subjects assume gestures and poses that expose a very private side of their personalities. Included in this exhibition are portraits of Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Steve Martin, Nicole Kidman, Philip Glass, and Natalia Vodianova as a centre figure.