Annie Leibovitz

Photographer

1949-10-02

Annie Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer known for influential magazine work and celebrity portraits. Her photography has shaped contemporary editorial and portrait styles.

Quotes by Annie Leibovitz

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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You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.
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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.
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A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.
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I feel unbelievably blessed that I have had the opportunity to photograph Malala in her classroom in Birmingham.
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I fell in love with the darkroom, and that was part of being a photographer at the time. The darkroom was unbelievably sexy. I would spend all night in the darkroom.
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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.
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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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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.
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There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.
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As fantastic as it is to have 'Vogue' and 'Vanity Fair' as places to work, I don't often get to shoot the kind of things I like to photograph in the way I like to photograph.
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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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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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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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At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.
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