Courtesy of Banco de España Annie Leibovitz has revealed her new portraits of Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain which are performed within the photographer’s iconic, dramatic type making wonderful use of colour and light-weight. Shot within the grandiose setting of Gasparini Corridor within the Royal Palace of Madrid, the pictures rejoice the royal couple’s twentieth wedding ceremony anniversary and are just like those Leibovitz captured of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Fairly than being positioned in the identical body, Leibovitz opted to shoot their portraits individually as a diptych. Each pictures are huge, printed on a polyester canvas, they every measure seven toes 4 inches by 5 toes 5 inches with the intention that they may all the time be displayed collectively. The Financial institution of Spain has acquired Leibovitz’s work for its assortment of royal portraits, paying round $145,000 for the portraits, in response to Vainness Honest. The pictures have been taken in February in the course of the course of a five-hour session. The Gasparini Corridor is an elaborate 18th-century Rococo chinoiserie salon the place the royals host dignitaries. Queen Letizia is sporting a black, strapless ballgown designed by Spanish couture designer Cristòbal Balenciaga. King Felipe VI wears his army uniform and blue sash which represents the highest-ranking civilian order in Spain often called Grand Cross. King Felipe VI.
Queen Letizia. The portraits can be proven on the Financial institution of Spain’s gallery in an exhibition titled The Tyranny of Chronos. It marks the primary time the financial institution has exhibited images. “Leibovitz’s strategy represents a turning level in a convention courting again to the establishment’s origins, echoing the creative intent seen in works by historic figures equivalent to Goya, additionally featured within the exhibition,” reads a press launch from the Financial institution. The exhibition is operating from November 27, 2024, to March 29, 2025, on the Cibeles headquarters on the Financial institution of Spain in Madrid. Iconic Photographer Leibovitz is arguably the world’s most well-known photographer having extra Rolling Stone covers than every other photographer and snapping dozens of iconic pictures over the course of her profession together with a well-known image of John Lennon and Yoko Ono simply hours earlier than the previous Beatle’s demise. Her expertise in photographing monarchs little question got here in useful for her shoot in Madrid. A well-known clip of Leibovitz being scolded by Queen Elizabeth II continues to go viral every now and then.
Again in 2007, Leibovitz was employed to shoot a set of portraits of the Queen at Buckingham Palace in preparation for a state go to to the USA. The photographer and her 11 assistants spent three weeks making ready for the 30-minute picture shoot. The Queen was to begin issues off sporting the complete regalia of the traditional Order of the Garter, full with tiara, and the “difficult” and “cumbersome” outfit took longer than anticipated to placed on, delaying the beginning time by quarter-hour. Queen Elizabeth was not amused by Leibovitz’s request. After Leibovitz lastly received the Queen seated on the first portrait location, she had an concept for a last-minute change. “I believe it should look higher with out the crown,” the photographer informed the Queen. “[…] May we attempt with out the crown? It would look higher… much less dressy. As a result of the garter gown is so…” However earlier than Leibovitz might end her sentence, the Queen lower her off. “Much less dressy?” the Queen replied with annoyance in her voice and on her face. “What do you suppose that is?…”
Picture credit: Financial institution of Spain
