Leibovitz said when she went on tour with the Rolling Stones, 'it took me eight years to get off of it.'

Following the Rolling Stones on Tour: After working at Rolling Stone for 10 years, Leibovitz accepted a job from Mick Jagger to work as the official tour photographer for The Rolling Stones-against the advice of her boss, Jann Wenner. When he never turned it in, the editors from Rolling Stone took Leibovitz's photos and spread them across the pages designated for Thompson.Ģ. Laughing at the backstory, Leiboviz explained that Rolling Stone, at the time, was waiting on for infamous gonzo journalist Hunter S. 'I was out there with the White House press squad, and after his helicopter took off, and the carpet rolled up, This wasn't a photograph that others were taking, but I continued to take pictures,' she said. She said all the other photographers had put down their cameras at that point, but she was looking to capture moments before or after 'the moment.' President Nixon's last day in office: Leibovitz was on the scene at the White House the day President Richard Nixon resigned from office in 1974. Nixon's helicopter leaving the White House in 1972. Here are the nine assignments that were pivotal to her photography career. She also lensed that recent Kimye Vogue cover. She's also behind many controversial shoots, including one featuring a then-15-year-old Miley Cyrus nude in 2008 for the front cover of Vanity Fair, a move that resulted in outrage from parents. Over her 30-some years in the industry, Leibovitz has photographed some of the most iconic figures in art, politics, music, and film-including John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Queen Elizabeth, George Bush and Michael Jackson. 'I wasn't a really good director and people would show up and say, 'what should we do?' And I would say, 'I don't know? Sit over there?' So I had to do something.'

'When I started to sit people for portraits for cover of Rolling Stone, we began making appointments, instead of just hanging around ,' Leibovtiz, whose intimate portraits of celebrities defined the magazine in the seventies, said. Dressed in a back suit, with her silver hair hanging loose, the 64-year-old legend discussed her beginnings with the New Yorker's Adam Gopnik, explaining how her inexperience during the early days of Rolling Stone helped her develop her photo style. Last night at NYC's 92Y, acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz reflected on some of the most important shoots of her life.

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