CMAnnie Leibovitz
WOMEN: NEW PORTRAITS
World acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz has launched an exhibition that will span 10 cities in 9 major countries. Leibovitz’s new work, “Women: New Portraits” will be displayed on tour throughout the world and is free to the public. This exhibition launched by UBS will see countries such as Germany, China, Mexico, Switzerland and many more. Annie Leibovitz’s new work is a continuation of her previous project “Women.” The new portraits are of women from different backgrounds, class levels and ethnicities. Women who are CEOs to athletes to artists are shown in the beautiful style of Annie Leibovitz. Some portraits from the original project will be included along with some unpublished photos that have been taken since her release of “Women.”
The exhibition includes educational programs on photography and arts in the regions of the exhibition. The programs are workshops for families and student photographers, to aide in the expression of art. There are also talks and presentations of women and women’s rights on a global scale. The workshops and talks are free to the public just as the exhibition is. The London exhibition has ended, but the new venue in Tokyo is available, no reservation required, open 7 days a week from 11am to 7pm. The Tokyo site will have activities for schools, where teachers can take their students and educate them on Leibovitz’s portraits; what is being expressed and what the pictures are trying to get at. They also show how students opinions of women has changed and how they can change the opinions of others with art. For families with children ages 4 to 10 years old, there is a guide to help them think critically about the portraits and the subjects. These activities are designed to be fun, interactive and educational.
This tour of Annie Leibovitz’s work has come at no better time, especially in the United States. In a time where women are so close to achieving equal pay, where reproductive rights are called into question again, and where the United States has a chance to elect it’s first female president. Globally women are battling for equality and are crying out to end the male oppression. World wide the exhibition will be an empowering statement for women everywhere, showing the strength of femininity and female culture.
Annie Leibovitz, born in 1949, is renowned to be one of the finest portraitist of our era. Her love of photography developed while she attended San Francisco Art Institute, to study painting. Finishing her college experience, Annie was hired by Rolling Stone magazine where she quickly ascended to chief photographer. It was with Rolling Stone that she established her trademark use of bold colors and unique poses. After Rolling Stone Leibovitz joined Vanity Fair, where her more recognizable celebrity work was done for the cover; Caitlyn Jenner revealing her identity was one of the latest dazzling, yet controversial portraits. Her distinct body of work has been displayed in museums from Brooklyn to Russia.