Annie Leibovitz quotes - page 2

It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal. (Annie Leibovitz)
I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful. View quote
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Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the heart of the matter. View quote
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Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information. View quote
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I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position. View quote
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You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth. View quote
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My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm. View quote
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When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward. View quote
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I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take a picture. Sometimes I go back to reportage, to journalism. View quote
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There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them. View quote
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I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I wanted to be somewhere where things could happen and the subject wasn't just looking back at you. (Annie Leibovitz)
The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were supposed to be together. It was supposed to copy my mother's wall in her house. View quote
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If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist. View quote
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Computer photography won't be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be chemical. View quote
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When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing. View quote
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At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way. View quote
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It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time. View quote
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I'd like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves. View quote
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I'm more interested in being good than being famous. View quote
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I fight to take a good photograph every single time. View quote
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I admired the work of photographers like Beaton, Penn, and Avedon as much as I respected the grittier photographers such as Robert Frank. But in the same way that I had to find my own way of reportage, I had to find my own form of glamour. (Annie Leibovitz)
I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time. View quote
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There were some advantages to being a woman photographer. I think women have more empathy with the subject. View quote
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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. 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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