33 Quotes by Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz is an American photographer known for her stunning portraits of celebrities and public figures. She has worked for publications such as Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, and her photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. Leibovitz is known for her innovative approach to portraiture, often incorporating surreal and fantastical elements into her photographs. She has won numerous awards for her work and is widely considered one of the greatest living photographers. (Bio)
Annie Leibovitz Quotes
I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful.
One doesn't stop seeing. One doesn't stop framing. It doesn't turn off and turn on. It's on all the time.
Everyone has a point of view. Some people call it style, but what we're really talking about is the guts of a photograph. When you trust your point of view, that's when you start taking pictures.
When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.
A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.
Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography.
A lot can be told from what happens in between the main moments. (Meaning)
When I'm asked about my work, I try to explain that there is no mystery involved. It is work. But things happen all the time that are unexpected, uncontrolled, unexplainable, even magical. The work prepares you for that moment. Suddenly the clouds roll in and the soft light you longed for appears.
I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected.
I'm more interested in being good than being famous.
As a young person, and I know it’s hard to believe that I was shy, but you could take your camera, and it would take you to places: it was like having a friend, like having someone to go out with and look at the world. I would do things with a camera I wouldn’t do normally if I was just by myself.
Nature is so powerful, so strong. It takes you to a place within yourself.
You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth. (Meaning)
You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't.
Photography's like this baby that needs to be fed all the time. It's always hungry.
I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.
The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.
When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.
Most people, especially successful people, are hard-working. They want to participate. They want to do things well.
You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can’t. It’s important to stay the course. I don’t think I would have lasted this long if I’d listened to anyone. You have to listen somewhat and then put that to the side and know that what you do matters.
A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.
If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.
I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.
I fight to take a good photograph every single time.
At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.
I'm pretty used to people not liking having their picture taken. I mean, if you do like to have your picture taken, I worry about you.
A photograph is just a little, teeny-weeny, small piece of life. I feel like I see so much more than what I can actually get.
Photography is not something you retire from.
When you involve people, they come out, you see them, you get to see their sense of humor.
People buy ideas, they don't buy photographs.
As you get older, you have different tools, and you learn to use photography differently.
It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.
...I gave up on being a journalist - I thought having a point of view was more important than being objective.
― Annie Leibovitz Quotes
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