AMERICAN MUSIC

Annie Leibovitz' extraordinary career took off in San Francisco in 1970when she first submitted a portfolio to "Rolling Stone" magazine. By 1973,she was the magazine's chief photographer. Since 1983, Annie Leibovitz hasworked closely with Vanity Fair, who will be producing a special musicissue to coincide with the book. Her subjects include Ray Charles, BobDylan, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, DollyParton, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Berry and even Philip Glass. She has created abody of new work for the book, covering the landscape of American music -the juke joints of the Delta, Graceland, B. B. King at his hometown ofIndianola in Mississippi and the Carter family in Virginia. The book is atribute to a great culture in its widest form by the photographer who hasunderstood more than anybody the power of the iconic image.