<Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Photography </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Partner (s) </Th> <Td> Susan Sontag (1989--2004) </Td> </Tr> <P> Anna - Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (/ ˈliːbəvɪts /; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer . She photographed John Lennon on the day he was assassinated, and her work has been used on numerous album covers and magazines . She became the first woman to hold an exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery in 1991 . </P> <P> Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, on October 2, 1949, Anna - Lou Leibovitz is the third of six children of Marilyn Edith (née Heit) and Samuel Leibovitz . She is a third - generation American; her father's parents were Romanian Jews . Her mother was a modern dance instructor of Estonian - Jewish heritage . Her father was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force . The family moved frequently with her father's duty assignments, and she took her first pictures when he was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War . She took photographs around the military base and of nearby locals . Leibovitz's passion of art was born out of her mother's engagement with dance, music, and painting . </P>

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