Published: 2018-12-02
In January 2014, Annie sold her Manhattan's West Village Townhouse for $28.5million. She purchased the three buildings for $6.1million and created the 10,200 square-foot compounds. Annie lived in the West Village Townhouse for almost a decade. Initially, the Townhouse hit $33million in April 2013, but she cut the price of her house by $4 million and relisted $29 million in December 2013.
Annie Leibovitz was close to her writer partner Susan Sontag. Before her partner's death in December 2004, the duo used to travel around the world and resided at the New York apartments opposite each other. However, the pair never referred to each other as a couple.
More than a couple, Annie described her partner of 15-years Susan as a close friend. However, after her partner's death, in an interview with the New York Times, she addressed her relationship with Susan and said:
She and Susan never lived together but shared the bond almost like husband-and-wife. The Waterbury native who never married Susan continued to discuss her relationship and said:
During their early days of a relationship, Susan was aware that Annie wanted to have children. When she decided to have children, Susan remained supportive, and Annie gave birth to a daughter named Sarah Cameron Leibovitz at the age of 52. The writer was at her hospital bedside when Annie gave birth to Sarah in 2001.
Four years after her daughter's birth, her partner Susan died due to cancer. She then welcomed twin daughters, Susan Leibovitz, and Samuelle Leibovitz via surrogacy in May 2005. Today, Annie, who relishes single life, is a mother-of-three and enjoys a sumptuous bond with her children.
Annie was born as Anna-Lou Leibovitz on 2 October 1949 in Waterbury, Connecticut. The daughter of US Air Force lieutenant colonel, Samuel Leibovitz, and a dance instructor Marilyn Edith, frequently moved to the Philippines with her five siblings. Her mother carries an Estonian-Jewish heritage, whereas her father parents were Romanian Jews. While she does not practice Jew religion, Annie is a proud Jewish.