Leibovitz, Annie. Annie Leibovitz Photographs.

Pantheon/Rolling Stone, 1983. Introduction by Tom Wolfe. Near fine in stiff illustrated wraps with just a trace of shelf wear on covers. No statement of edition, presumed first edition. Includes interview with the photographer and list of subjects at back of book. Photographs of celebrities, mostly movie stars and rock and roll musicians of renown, one to a page. These more than 50 portraits are noted for the unusual poses; indeed, some were considering shocking when they first appeared in Rolling Stone and other publications.  Others were not previously published. Subjects include Meryl Streep, Rickie Lee Jones, Linda Ronstadt, Christo, Norman Mailer, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Muhammad Ali, The Blues Brothers, Lauren Hutton, Steve Martin, Peter Tosh, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie, Sylvester Stallone, Clint Eastwood, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Elvis Costello, Tammy Grimes, Amanda Plummer, Sissy Spacek, Matt Dillon, Robert Redford, Muriel Hemingway, Pat Benatar, Woody Allen, John Travolta, Calvin Klein, Dolly Parton, Paloma Picasso, Bob Dylan, Johnny Carson, Rodney Dangerfield, Jerry Lewis, William Hurt, Bette Midler, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, et al.  Summary:

Annie Leibovitz: Photographs (published by Pantheon/Rolling Stone Press in 1983) is the first major monograph of American photographer Annie Leibovitz’s work, bringing together a wide-ranging visual survey of her early career, primarily from her years as chief photographer for Rolling Stone magazine.

The book is a large-format, illustrated collection of full-page color and black-and-white photographs showcasing many of the striking portraits and documentary images that helped establish Leibovitz’s reputation in the 1970s and early ’80s. These include iconic celebrity portraits—musicians, actors, writers, and cultural figures—many of which first appeared in Rolling Stone during that magazine’s heyday.

Introduced by writer Tom Wolfe and featuring a conversation between Leibovitz and David Felton, the book doesn’t follow a traditional narrative text but instead lets the images speak for themselves, illustrating Leibovitz’s bold use of color, inventive compositions, and ability to capture both intimacy and personality in her subjects.

Highlights of the photographs include memorable depictions of rock stars and actors—such as members of the Rolling Stones, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and other prominent figures of the era—presented with a blend of glamour, candidness, and psychological depth that became a hallmark of Leibovitz’s work.

Overall, the book serves both as an introduction to Leibovitz’s early artistic vision and as a visual document of American popular culture in the 1970s and early 1980s, capturing the artists, musicians, and personalities who defined that period.

Annie Leibovitz (b. 1949) is a preeminent American portrait photographer whose bold, theatrical, and deeply intimate imagery has defined pop culture and celebrity iconography for over five decades. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, she studied painting and photography at the San Francisco Art Institute before landing her first assignments at Rolling Stone magazine in 1970. Appointed the magazine's chief photographer in 1973, Leibovitz spent a decade chronicling the counterculture and rock-and-roll royalty—including her legendary 1975 tour coverage of the Rolling Stones and her iconic 1980 portrait of a nude John Lennon embracing Yoko Ono hours before his death. Joining Vanity Fair in 1983 and later Vogue, she pioneered a signature style of stagelike editorial portraiture using dramatic lighting, rich color palettes, and elaborate conceptual setups, capturing culture-defining images such as a pregnant Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg submerged in a bath of milk, and formal portraits of Queen Elizabeth II. In addition to her commercial work and global advertising campaigns, Leibovitz has published landmark monographs—such as A Photographer's Life: 1990–2005 and Pilgrimage—and in 1991 became the first woman to be granted a solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., cementing her status as one of the most influential visual chroniclers of modern times.