By RADINA GIGOVA
Observer Staff
Oct. 18, 2007

Annie Leibovitz is a master of photo portraits. Her photographs have appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue for the last three decades. Her famous 1991 portrait of pregnant actress Demi Moore and the picture of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, taken the day Lennon was shot, are considered some of the most recognizable photographs of their time.

More than 200 of Leibovitz’s pieces, including her editorial assignments and personal pictures of family and close friends, are part of a special exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

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“What did I do, to expose my family and myself out there? I am very, very proud of this show, but it is a very difficult thing to look at. It’s very personal,” said Leibovitz at the media preview of the show, where she personally presented some of her photographs.

After taking three portraits of Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, Leibovitz became the first American photographer to make an official portrait of a British monarch. The portraits will be displayed for the first time at this exhibit.

Leibovitz was born in Waterbury, Conn. and spent her childhood on military bases, as her father was an Air Force officer. She studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute and took night classes in photography.

Leibovitz has received many honors, including the Infinity Award in Applied Photography and the Barnard College Medal of Distinction. She was also named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress.

The exhibition will continue through Jan. 13, 2008.