Celebrated
photographer Annie Leibovitz has been honoured for her "extraordinary
talent and contributions to the arts" in Los Angeles.
The Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca) presented her
with its Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts.
Leibovitz started her career at Rolling Stone
magazine and has gone on to shoot figures from presidents to the Queen.
"This award has been given to a great group of
women, very distinguished company," she said.
Previous recipients include choreographer Twyla
Tharp, actress Anjelica Huston, magazine editor Tina Brown and Yoko Ono.
Maria Shriver presented the award at a dinner on
Tuesday in a rare public appearance after filing for divorce from Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
Shriver described Leibovitz as a living legend and
"a woman of brilliance", the AP news agency reported.
Leibovitz's most famous images include a naked John
Lennon curled around a clothed Yoko Ono and Demi Moore nude and pregnant on the
cover of Vanity Fair.
She hit the headlines five years ago when footage of
her photo shoot with the Queen was misleadingly edited by a TV company, leading
to the resignation of BBC One controller Peter Fincham.
Source: BBC
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