Annie Leibovitz Quotes
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I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was told that I couldn't be an art teacher unless I became an artist first.
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I try to be home for dinner, but I'm not there enough. I sometimes feel I'm still fumbling, getting it wrong, but I make my way.
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Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.
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It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal.
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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.
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As much as I'm not a journalist, I use journalism. And when you photograph a relationship, it's quite wonderful to let something unfold in front of you.
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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.
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I don't think I could give advice to my younger self because she probably wouldn't listen.
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A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.
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I can't stand the word 'celebrity.' It's such a brash word.
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It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.
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I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.
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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.
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As I get older, the book projects are - liberating is one word, but they really are me.
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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.
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There's not enough talked about in terms of growing older. You start to lose your body.
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My body was so instrumental to how I took pictures: it was practically a dance. I used to use my legs a lot; now I'm a little more sedentary.
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I went to Yosemite as an homage to Ansel Adams. I could never be Ansel Adams, but to know that's there for us - there's so much for us in this country.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I went on tour with the Rolling Stones in 1972 for two or three cities. And in 1975, I was the tour photographer for the Rolling Stones. I hung onto my camera for dear life. Because it scared the hell out of me.
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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.
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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.