It is a world reference in photography: Annie Leibovitz. The 74-year-old artist will be in charge of signing the new portraits of Felipe VI and Letizia, according to reports The country. It will be for the collection of the Bank of Spain and it coincides with the fact that the head of state is approaching a double anniversary: 20 years of marriage and 10 on the Throne. The North American, who throughout her immense career has photographed John Lennon y Yoko Ono Yet the Queen isabel IIalready knows the Kings since he received the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities from Don Felipe at the Campoamor Theater in Oviedo.
The last official portraits of the Kings and their daughters, Leonor and Sofía, date from February 2020. The Royal Family then posed for the Madrid portrait artist Estela de Castro. This collection, which is the one that appears on the Casa Real website, replaced the previous one, from 2010. In this pose, which took place in the Royal Palace, the Queen chose an impeccable Carolina Herrera design in pink cape; and the King wore the great blue uniform of the Army with the Golden Fleece (bottom photo).
Doña Letizia, passionate about photography, a sensitivity that comes from her career and her journalistic profession, has set her eyes on Leibovitz's work. The then Princes of Asturias met her in 2013 when they presented her with her award. The North American (Connecticut, USA, 1949) has forged a career of success and recognition thanks to her very personal style. Some staged and theatrical portraits acclaimed by global critics.
The artist knows how to capture the essence of her model and capture the environment that surrounds her. Among the personalities who have posed for her camera: Richard Nixon, then president of the United States, at the time of boarding the helicopter when he was leaving the White House; John Lennon naked and hugging Yoko Ono, an image she took shortly before the musician was murdered in New York; and Elizabeth II, whom she photographed at Buckingham Palace on the occasion of her official visit to the United States in 2007.
Leibovitz has numerous distinctions: she was the first woman to exhibit in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington; She is Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France, Living legend by the United States Library of Congress and has been recognized by the US International Center of Photography and by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Award in 2012.
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