Facts about Annie Leibovitz

Occup.Photographer
FromUSA
BornOctober 1, 1949
Age74 years

Summary

Annie Leibovitz is a famous Photographer from USA, he/she is 74 years old and still alive, born October 1, 1949.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection. Our collection contains 41 quotes who is written / told by Annie.

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41 Famous quotes by Annie Leibovitz

Small: The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is
"The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo!"
Small: When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that
"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"
Small: There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy
"There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy"
Small: What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the co
"What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not"
Small: What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldnt be surprised if eventu
"What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually there are no people in my pictures. It is so emotional"
Small: There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. Id love to one day peel back the m
"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"
Small: When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that Id like to know them. Anyone I kn
"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"
Small: What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very str
"What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone"
Small: You dont have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth
"You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth"
Small: When you go to take someones picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is
"When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward"
Small: When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like youre with someon
"When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion"
Small: The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were supposed to be together. It w
"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"
Small: The camera makes you forget youre there. Its not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looki
"The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much"
Small: Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the
"Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the heart of the matter"
Small: No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was
"No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was"
Small: Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with li
"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"
Small: My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You cant come in closer with the 35
"My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm"
Small: My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immed
"My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds"
Small: Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each o
"Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well"
Small: Its hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time
"It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time"
Small: Its a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the 7
"It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal"
Small: In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally whats going on, bu
"In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative"
Small: If it makes you cry, it goes in the show
"If it makes you cry, it goes in the show"
Small: If I didnt have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slippe
"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"
Small: Ive created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take a picture. Someti
"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"
Small: Id like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders
"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"
Small: I wish that all of natures magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be p
"I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed"
Small: I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I wanted to be somewhere w
"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"
Small: I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me
"I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me"
Small: I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if its not working, I c
"I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position"
Small: I feel very proud of the work from the 80s because it is very bright and colorful
"I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful"
Small: I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected
"I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected"
Small: I dont think there is anything wrong with white space. I dont think its a problem to have a blank wall
"I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall"
Small: I didnt want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older wo
"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"
Small: I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you took the same picture ove
"I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you took the same picture over and over and it would be different, every single frame"
Small: Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are
"Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives"
Small: Computer photography wont be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be chemical
"Computer photography won't be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be chemical"
Small: Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didnt have enough information
"Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information"
Small: At my Rolling Stones tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way
"At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way"
Small: A very subtle difference can make the picture or not
"A very subtle difference can make the picture or not"
Small: A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people
"A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people"