Description
A first edition, first printing of Pilgrimage by Annie Leibovitz, published by Random House, New York in 2011, with introduction by Doris Kearns Goodwin. A fine copy dedicated, signed and dated by the author in black ink to the half-title page, ghosting evident from the signature to the dedication page. In a near fine wrapper with rubbing to the spine tips and extremities. With wraparound band.
Pilgrimage follows Annie Leibovitz on a personal photographic journey through places and objects associated with people who inspired her. Homes, landscapes and treasured possessions evoke figures including Emily Dickinson, Georgia O’Keeffe, Thomas Jefferson and Elvis Presley. Her atmospheric photographs explore memory, creativity and the traces lives leave behind. Accompanied by personal reflections, the book offers an intimate meditation on cultural history and the enduring power of ordinary objects to suggest extraordinary lives.
