SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- 'Women: New Portraits', an exhibition of newly commissioned photographs by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz opened in San Francisco on March 25, 2016, in The Presidio’s Crissy Field at 649 Old Mason Street, a former army training facility. Access to the exhibition is free and advance booking online is recommended.

'Women: New Portraits' is a continuation of a project that Leibovitz began over fifteen years ago when her most enduringly popular series of photographs, 'Women', was published in 1999 in collaboration with Susan Sontag. The new portraits feature women of outstanding achievement including artists, musicians, CEOs, politicians, writers and philanthropists. In addition to the new photographs, the exhibition includes work from the original series, as well as other unpublished photographs taken since.

Annie Leibovitz said: "When I asked UBS about updating the WOMEN's project there was no hesitation. They said let's do it, and they have been extraordinary in every way. It is such a big undertaking and a broad subject, it is like going out and photographing the ocean."

Tom Naratil, President Wealth Management Americas, and President UBS Americas, said: "This partnership is a great fit for UBS. As the largest wealth manager in the world, many of our clients are the most successful leaders in their industries, and so it seemed natural to partner with Annie, whose career and distinguished body of work is unrivaled among today's portrait photographers. We are delighted to be launching our U.S. tour in San Francisco, where Annie studied, and to be collaborating on a project that showcases and celebrates women who are at the top of their fields."

To align with their focus on education, UBS is hosting free learning programs to complement the exhibition in each of the host cities, presented in partnership with cultural organizations around the world. In San Francisco, UBS is partnering with San Francisco Art Institute, at which Leibovitz studied in the late 1960's, to present free family workshops for the duration of the exhibition run and on a special preview for photography students. UBS and the Presidio Trust are collaborating on a program of school field trips. A Teachers' Guide produced in partnership with the International Center of Photography in New York and a Children’s Activity Guide are also available to teachers and the public on the exhibition website.

Paula Collins, Chair, Presidio Trust Board of Directors said: “We are honored that the Presidio was chosen as one of only two sites in the United States to host Annie Leibovitz’s exhibition, 'WOMEN: New Portraits'. We thank Ms. Leibovitz and UBS for their generosity in bringing an array of free public programs to our community.”

Annie Leibovitz (b. 1949) has been making powerful images documenting popular culture since the early 1970s, when she began working as a photojournalist for Rolling Stone. She became the magazine's chief photographer in 1973, and ten years later began working for Vanity Fair and then Vogue. Her large and distinguished body of work encompasses some of the best-known portraits of our time. Exhibitions of Leibovitz’s work have been shown at museums and galleries around the world, including the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.; the International Center of Photography in New York; the Brooklyn Museum; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; the National Portrait Gallery in London; and the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her work is held in museum collections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. to the National Portrait Gallery in London. She has published several collections of photographs a nd is the recipient of many honours. In 2006 she was made a 'Commandeur' in the 'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres' by the French government. In 2009, she received the International Center of Photography’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the first Creative Excellence Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors, and the Centenary Medal of the Royal Photographic Society in London. In 2012, she was the recipient of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts and the Wexner Prize. In 2013 she received the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities. In 2015 she received SFMoMA’s Contemporary Vision Award. She has been designated a Living Legend by the Library of Congress.

A set of the new photographs will enter the UBS Art Collection – one of the world's most important corporate collections of contemporary art, comprising more than 30,000 works.