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It was a ceremony full of firsts—and Johnson Chapel will never look the same.
There was a great gasp. Then a cacophony of claps and cheers. Then a standing ovation. So went the reaction when the new portrait of President Emerita Biddy Martin (@b8martin) was unveiled on Dec. 9. It was a first among firsts: the portrait depicts the College's first woman president, its first LGBTQ president and the first to break the chapel's two-century-long painted portrait tradition.
Instead of a painting, it was a photograph, taken by the renowned photographer @annieleibovitz, who has spent the past 50-plus years chronicling celebrities and newsmakers, and who has been designated a Living Legend by the U.S. Library of Congress.
“If you are going to be here for all eternity, you have to hold your ground,” Leibovitz said of Martin and the work during the ceremony.
Read an account of the unveiling, an interview with Leibovitz, and an analysis of the portrait by Professor Nicola Courtright (@nmcourtright) on our IG story or at the #LinkInBio.
📸: © Annie Leibovitz
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