First published 1999
Annie Leibovitz presents portraits of women across every profession and walk of life in America. Her camera captures Supreme Court justices and coal miners, astronauts and farmers, movie stars and teachers. The collection includes rap artists, rodeo riders, socialites, reporters, dancers, generals, surgeons, the First Lady, senators, rock stars, prostitutes, poets, writers, painters, musicians, theater directors, political activists, performance artists, and businesswomen. Each photograph was created specifically for this book. Susan Sontag contributes an essay examining the portraits as individual works while considering their collective meaning. The images reveal women as different, varied, heroic, forlorn, conventional, and unconventional. Together they form a portrait of what women represent in contemporary America.
Genres: biography, art, feminism, non-fiction, 21st-century, photography
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: diverse-perspectives
Setting: America
Period: Contemporary
248 pages · Hardcover · Random House