Annie Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949 in Westbury, Connecticut. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. Originally, she thought she wanted to study painting, but switched to photography. In 1970 she took a job at Rolling Stone magazine. She began working for Vanity Fair in 1983. The late 1980's brought her many high profile advertising campaigns. From the 1990's to the present she has continued exhibiting and publishing her work.
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Horst P. Horst
Horst P. Horst was born as Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann in 1906. He was born in Weissenfels, Germany. He met photographer George Hoynigen-Huene and after this his photography career began. By 1931 he was working for French Vogue. He is best known for his photographs of women and fashion while working for Vogue. His work was displayed in museums in New York, Cologne, Germany, and London.
Irving Penn
Irving Penn was born on June 16, 1917. He initially wanted to become a painter. Yet, in the 1940's he got a job with Vogue magazine, and this turned his focus to photography. He is well known for his portraits of models and celebrities. When taking pictures of celebrities he had his subject sit for hours until his or her personality was revealed for the camera. He posed his subjects against a bare backdrop and utilized natural northern light. His images have a simplicity that is combined with directness resulting in formal sophistication.
Mario Testino
Mario Testino was born in Lima, Peru. He studied in Peru and completed his studies in 1976. He then went to London to pursue a career in photography. He has become a celebrated fashion photographer. He has had work featured in Vogue, Vanity Fair, and he has contributed to the imagery of fashion houses such as Burberry, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Versace, among others. He has published nine books of his won work, and has had many successful exhibitions in galleries and museums around the world.
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon was born in New York on May 15, 1923. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. He attended Dewitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, but never completed an academic education. In 1940 he was 17 and dropped out of high school and joined the Merchant Marine's Photograph section. He took personal identification photos. Later, he was sent to photograph several shipwrecks. In 1944 he found a job as a photographer in a department store. He first made his living as a staff photographer for Harper's Bazarr, and later Vogue. He is known for his stylistically innovative fashion work often set in surprising locations.
Tim Walker
Tim walker was born in England in 1970. His fascination with photograph began in Conde Nast's library in London where he worked on the Cecil Beaton archive as part of a year's work before going to university. He came in third in The Independent newspaper photography awards which led him to a three year photography BA degree at Exeter College of Art. He graduated in 1994 and then worked as a freelance photography assistant in London before he moved to New York. There he was a full-time assistant to Richard Avedon. He later returned to England and initially focused on portrait and documentary work for UK newspapers. His first fashion story was for Vogue at the age of 25. His work has a a magical and eccentric charm to it which are best portrayed by his extravagant settings and theatrical characters.
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