Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz
Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitzis an American portrait photographer. She photographed John Lennon on the day he was assassinated, and her work was used on two record albums by Joan Armatrading. She is the only woman to have held an exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth2 October 1949
CityWaterbury, CT
CountryUnited States of America
tired asking archives
Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives.
thinking landscape today
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.
inspirational photography cameras
The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.
thinking tiny pieces
A photograph is just a tiny slice of a subject. A piece of them in a moment. It seems presumptuous to think you can get more than that.
percent
When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.
way photographer glamour
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.
artist scared wanted
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.
inspirational squad white
I was out there with the White House press squad, and after his helicopter took off, and the carpet rolled up...This wasn't a photograph that others were taking, but I continued to take pictures.
reality photographer stranger
You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.
fame be-good being-famous
I'm more interested in being good than being famous.
film assignments valuable
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.
moving long age
In this day and age of things moving so, so fast, we still long for things to stop, and we as a society love the still image. Every time there is some terrible or great moment, we remember the stills.
dance strong powerful
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.
inspirational photography mean
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.