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
long childhood encounters
My early childhood equipped me really well for my portrait work: The quick encounter, where you are not going to know the subject for very long. These days I am much more comfortable with the fifteen minute relationship, than I am with a life long relationship.
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.
thinking long important
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.
dressed empowered
It's interesting to me because she is empowered when she's dressed up,
hands photograph boxes
I love having the photograph in my hand. I love looking at the photograph. I love looking at a box of photographs. I just love the still photograph.
funny
No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.
photography pieces littles
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 ideas people
People buy ideas, they don't buy photographs.
people taught helpful
Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.
artist shooting helping
What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.
artist stones rolling
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.
photographer cry shows
If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.
artist awkward want
When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.
thinking talking helping
I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.