Annie Leibovitz

by Annie Leibovitz (Photographer), Steve Martin (Author), Graydon Carter (Author), Hans Ulrich Obrist (Author), Paul Roth (Author) 40 years of era-defining photography, now in an accessible editionLeibovitz selected iconic images and also photographs that have rarely, if ever, been seen before.When Benedikt Taschen asked the most important portrait photographer working today, Annie Leibovitz, to collect her pictures in a SUMO-sized book, she was intrigued by the challenge. The project took several years to develop and when it was finally published in 2014, it weighed in at 26 kg (57 pounds).This incredible collection is now available in an accessible XXL book format.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