#contemporaryvision

SFMOMA NEWS: We are pleased to announce that photographer Annie Leibovitz will be the recipient of the inaugural SFMOMA Contemporary Vision Award.

“We are thrilled to be honoring Annie Leibovitz, who launched her outstanding career right here in our city, at the San Francisco Art Institute,” said SFMOMA Director Neal Benezra. “This event will celebrate Leibovitz’s important lens focused on our society with its ability to observe, comment and celebrate our world at this time.”

Originally from Connecticut, Leibovitz began her career as a photojournalist for Rolling Stone in 1970 while she was a student at the San Francisco Art Institute. After her first major assignment shooting a cover story on John Lennon, she became the magazine’s chief photographer in 1973. Throughout her work at Rolling Stone, and later at Vanity Fair and Vogue, she developed a large and distinguished body of work that encompasses many of the best-known portraits of our time.

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Stay tuned for more #ContemporaryVision updates as we celebrate Ms. Leibovitz this fall.