Annie Leibovitz's 'Pilgrimage' (Photos)
In the midst of financial turmoil, the renowned celebrity photographer needed a way to refuel. Her solution: a bucket list of influential people and places to visit and photograph. The new series, ‘Pilgrimage,’ goes on display Friday at the New-York Historical Society and takes inspiration from her late companion Susan Sontag.

Annie Leibovitz. From âPilgrimageâ (Random House, 2011)

In the midst of financial turmoil, the renowned celebrity photographer needed a way to refuel. Her solution: a bucket list of influential people and places to visit and photograph. The new series, ‘Pilgrimage,’ goes on display Friday at the New-York Historical Society. Annie Leibovitz talks to The Daily Beast about the places she went and how her late companion Susan Sontag inspired the journey.
Here, Door in adobe wall at Georgia O'Keefe's home, Abiquiu, New Mexico, 2011.
Annie Leibovitz. From âÂÂPilgrimageâ (Random House, 2011)

Skeleton of a pigeon studied by Charles Darwin, Natural History Museum at Tring, Hertfordshire, England, 2010.
Annie Leibovitz. From âPilgrimageâ (Random House, 2011)

The hat that Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C., 2011
Annie Leibovitz. From âÂÂPilgrimageâ (Random House, 2011)

Annie Oakley's heart target, private collection, Los Angeles, California, 2010.
Annie Leibovitz. From âPilgrimageâ (Random House, 2011)

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 2009
Annie Leibovitz. From âPilgrimageâ (Random House, 2011)
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