Leibovitz proudly shared her two photos of the Supreme Court justice on Twitter this week after they were published on Vogue's website.
She was instantly inundated with complaints from critics who announced she'd failed to photograph Ketanji's skin properly, making her look too "dark."
Some pointed to her past portraits of different black stars and public figures and say she has a poor track record for showing them at their best.
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The Daily Beast ran a piece today by its Race & Identity Reporter with the headline: "Where Did Vogue Go So Wrong With Its 'Historic' Ketanji Brown Jackson Pic?"
Others denounced Leibovitz on Twitter.
"You just refuse to light dark-skinned Black women, uh properly?" one critic questioned.
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"All the resources in the world and so little thought invested towards lighting dark complexions," announced another.
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"It's a pattern," fumed another, sharing links to Leibovitz's portraits of Simone Biles for a different shoot.
Others announced they "quickly fixed" the photos with a quick round of smartphone retouching to make them lighter.
The Daily Beast cited black photographers who said they respected Leibovitz, yet that a black photographer should have been granted the job because.
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"For a magazine like Vogue and other top magazines…it would be nice to [use] a Black photographer. There are plenty of fantastic, capable Black photographers."
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Leibovitz's fans pointed out that her portrait of KBJ was no different from many other dark, moody photographs in which the subject or subjects are white.
She used a similar editing style in her photographs of Queen Elizabeth and the Royal Family and when she photographed Scarlett Johannsen for Vanity Fair in 2005.
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Some further pointed out how Leibovitz would have inevitably been skewered for lightening KBJ's skin and blamed for whitewashing if she'd made the images any brighter or fairer.
The magazine has long been dogged with accusations of racism.
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In September 2020, Anna Wintour sent an email to staff stating: "I want to say plainly that I know Vogue has not found enough ways to elevate and give space to Black editors, writers, photographers, designers and other creators."
It was at the height of the BLM movement when companies across America were bending over backward to avoid any allegation of racism.
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