Annie Leibovitz quotes

Annie Leibovitz is an American photographer renowned for her iconic portraits of celebrities and public figures. Her distinctive style blends artistic vision with intimate and powerful storytelling. She has shaped the world of portrait photography and remains one of the most influential photographers of our time. Here are 49 of her quotes:

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people. (Annie Leibovitz)
I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed. View quote
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Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself. View quote
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The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much. View quote
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In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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A very subtle difference can make the picture or not. View quote
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If it makes you cry, it goes in the show. View quote
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When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see. View quote
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I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall. (Annie Leibovitz)
What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone. View quote
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I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you took the same picture over and over and it would be different, every single frame. View quote
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I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me. View quote
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I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected. View quote
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No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was. View quote
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There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy. View quote
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What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually there are no people in my pictures. It is so emotional. View quote
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. View quote
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Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives. View quote
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When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't. (Annie Leibovitz)
When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion. View quote
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The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo! View quote
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What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not. View quote
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Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well. View quote
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Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz - Image
Photo: Robert Scoble from Half Moon Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Photographer
Born: October 2, 1949
Quotes count: 49

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