![]() ![]() In 2011, The National Gallery called Struth with the unexpected request to photograph Queen Elizabeth II for a series celebrating her 2012 Diamond Jubilee. Struth’s photographs are genre defying, complex and strategic shots that penetrate the human imagination. Thomas Struth is a contemporary photographer whose images capture a wide breadth of subject matter, ranging from rainforests to urban scenes and intimate portraits. Not only are Leibovitz’s photographs iconic but the photographer, in this sitting, is known to have suggested that the Crown was “a bit dressy”. This nod toward stability was meaningful in a shattered, post-war Britain. ![]() The fourth photograph differs from the series the Queen is pictured wearing a black cloak and her image is superimposed onto a dramatic and wild-weathered backdrop of Buckingham Palace Gardens. Beaton referenced historic royal portraiture to invoke the continuum of the dynasty. They capture The Queen resplendent in jewels, royal gowns, robes and furs, against the backdrop of the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace. In the series of four photographs she was commissioned to take of The Queen, three are very traditional, albeit presented with typical Leibovitz flair. ![]() Leibovitz is best known for her engaging and dramatic celebrity portraits, capturing the likes of The Rolling Stones and featuring in Vanity Fair. I also felt that because I was an American I had an advantage over every other photographer or painter who had made a portrait of her. ![]() Queen Elizabeth II, photographed by Annie Leibovitz, 2007 ![]()
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