The contemporary arts division of the State Hermitage presents a temporary exhibition of Anni Leibowitz photographs, which were given by the author to the Hermitage as a gift. Anni’s photos are basically her life. “I am picturing my epoch” – Anni said in one of the interviews, and her “epoch” is John Lennon and Liza Minnelli, Richard Nixon and Michael Baryshnikov, Michael Jackson and Elisabeth II. The first serious job for Anni Leibowitz was the “Rolling Stone” magazine, where she started working still studying in the San Francisco Arts Institute. This title played the key role in the Leibowitz’s career. The legendary pose – naked John Lennon hugging Yoko – was invented by Leibowitz and the print on the magazine’s front page was legendary also (when the magazine was printed John was already dead).

State Hermitage General Headquarters, until 21.01.2019

From Hotel Vera on trolleys 7 or 11 to the stop “Dvortsovaya embankment”