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Annie Leibovitz, the celebrated photographer who has taken photos of everyone from Queen Elizabeth II to John Lennon, just added new portraits to "Women," a series she began 15 years ago.
"Women: New Portraits" is an exhibition of the most prominent women of our time, including Caitlyn Jenner, Amy Schumer, Adele, filmmaker Laura Poitras, and ballet dancer Misty Copeland. It's an intimate set of portraits that highlight outstanding achievements while still acknowledging the challenges these women face.Image may be NSFW.
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The exhibition is free to the public at London's Wapping Hydraulic Power Station until February 7. Over the next 12 months, the series will travel to 10 cities — starting in London this weekend before going to Tokyo, San Francisco, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mexico, Istanbul, Frankfurt, New York, and Zurich.
It continues Leibovitz' vision of the initial series, which launched in 1999 as both a book and an exhibition. Featuring women from all kinds of backgrounds — from Hillary Clinton to Vegas show girls — it was widely recognized as a representation of the American woman at that time.Image may be NSFW.
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More women, including activist Malala Yousafzai and artist Marina Abramovic, will also be added to "Women" over the next 12 months. The exhibition will hang images from the 1999 series alongside the new ones in an attempt to explore how women's roles have changed over the past two decades.
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This kind of exploration is a theme in Leibovitz' work. In November, she unveiled her new take on the usually risqué Pirelli calendar. Her Pirelli portraits show women across generations and backgrounds, including Amy Schumer, Yoko Ono, and Serena Williams — most of them fully clothed.
Both the "Women" exhibition and the Pirelli calendar feature strong women with a track record of professional achievements. The portraits celebrate their accomplishments, rather than their waistlines.
Leibovitz admits that "Women" is a project that will perhaps never be finished, as the role of women in society will never stop evolving.
"It is such a big undertaking and a broad subject," she said in a statement. "It is like going out and photographing the ocean."
