Taschen Annie Leibovitz Limited Edition
Leibovitz drew on more than 40 years of work, starting with the photojournalism she did for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s through the conceptual portraits she made for Vanity Fair and Vogue. She selected iconic images—such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono entwined in a last embrace—as well as portraits that had rarely, if ever, been seen before.
The Annie Leibovitz SUMO covered political and cultural history, from Queen Elizabeth II and Richard Nixon to Laurie Anderson and Lady Gaga.
“What I had thought of initially as a simple process of imagining what looked good big, what photographs would work in a large format, became something else,” Leibovitz says. “The book is very personal, but the narrative is told through popular culture. It’s not arranged chronologically and it’s not a retrospective. It’s more like a roller coaster.”
Her intimate interactions with hundreds of Hollywood's most beloved and recognizable talents lend themselves to coverage in such a visual epic that this SUMO-sized book certainly is. Complete with a stand for the book designed by Marc Newson, a signed archival pigment print (Keith Haring (contact sheet), New York City, 1986), and all four dust jackets featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Berkeley, California, 1984; Keith Haring, New York City, 1986; David Byrne, Los Angeles, 1986; and Patti Smith, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978, the leather-bound Art Edition, numbered 1-1000
Hardcover with 8 fold-outs, 50 x 69 cm (19.7 x 27.2 in.), 476 pages, supplement book, and book stand designed by Marc Newson
Leibovitz drew on more than 40 years of work, starting with the photojournalism she did for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s through the conceptual portraits she made for Vanity Fair and Vogue. She selected iconic images—such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono entwined in a last embrace—as well as portraits that had rarely, if ever, been seen before.
The Annie Leibovitz SUMO covered political and cultural history, from Queen Elizabeth II and Richard Nixon to Laurie Anderson and Lady Gaga.
“What I had thought of initially as a simple process of imagining what looked good big, what photographs would work in a large format, became something else,” Leibovitz says. “The book is very personal, but the narrative is told through popular culture. It’s not arranged chronologically and it’s not a retrospective. It’s more like a roller coaster.”
Her intimate interactions with hundreds of Hollywood's most beloved and recognizable talents lend themselves to coverage in such a visual epic that this SUMO-sized book certainly is. Complete with a stand for the book designed by Marc Newson, a signed archival pigment print (Keith Haring (contact sheet), New York City, 1986), and all four dust jackets featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Berkeley, California, 1984; Keith Haring, New York City, 1986; David Byrne, Los Angeles, 1986; and Patti Smith, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978, the leather-bound Art Edition, numbered 1-1000
Hardcover with 8 fold-outs, 50 x 69 cm (19.7 x 27.2 in.), 476 pages, supplement book, and book stand designed by Marc Newson
Leibovitz drew on more than 40 years of work, starting with the photojournalism she did for Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970s through the conceptual portraits she made for Vanity Fair and Vogue. She selected iconic images—such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono entwined in a last embrace—as well as portraits that had rarely, if ever, been seen before.
The Annie Leibovitz SUMO covered political and cultural history, from Queen Elizabeth II and Richard Nixon to Laurie Anderson and Lady Gaga.
“What I had thought of initially as a simple process of imagining what looked good big, what photographs would work in a large format, became something else,” Leibovitz says. “The book is very personal, but the narrative is told through popular culture. It’s not arranged chronologically and it’s not a retrospective. It’s more like a roller coaster.”
Her intimate interactions with hundreds of Hollywood's most beloved and recognizable talents lend themselves to coverage in such a visual epic that this SUMO-sized book certainly is. Complete with a stand for the book designed by Marc Newson, a signed archival pigment print (Keith Haring (contact sheet), New York City, 1986), and all four dust jackets featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Berkeley, California, 1984; Keith Haring, New York City, 1986; David Byrne, Los Angeles, 1986; and Patti Smith, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978, the leather-bound Art Edition, numbered 1-1000
Hardcover with 8 fold-outs, 50 x 69 cm (19.7 x 27.2 in.), 476 pages, supplement book, and book stand designed by Marc Newson