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
rolling stones way
At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.
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.
ways
I've learned to create a palette, a vocabulary of ways to take pictures.
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.