Annie Leibovitz Professions : PhotographerBorn : October 2, 1949 Browse All Authors Quotes From 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. Annie Leibovitz womenbeautifulbeauty One doesn't stop seeing. One doesn't stop framing. It doesn't turn off and turn on. It's on all the time. Annie Leibovitz insightfulphotographyinspirational Everyone has a point of view. Some people call it style, but what we're really talking about is the guts of a photograph. When you trust your point of view, that's when you start taking pictures. Annie Leibovitz viewstalkingpeople Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography. Annie Leibovitz mysteriousphotographywonderful 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. Annie Leibovitz photographyinspirationalmean There's an idea that it's hard to be a woman artist. People assume that women have fewer opportunities, less power. But it's not any harder to be a woman artist than to be a male artist. We all take what we are given and use the parts of ourselves that feed the work. We make our way. Photographers, men and women, are particularly lucky. Photography lets you find yourself. It is a passport to people and places and to possibilities. Annie Leibovitz photographyartistopportunity A lot can be told from what happens in between the main moments. Annie Leibovitz momentshappens Nature is so powerful, so strong. It takes you to a place within yourself. Annie Leibovitz powerfulnaturestrong 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. Annie Leibovitz importantlongthinking A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people. Annie Leibovitz falling-in-lovephotographyinspirational 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. Annie Leibovitz tinypiecesthinking I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed. Annie Leibovitz landphotographyinspirational A very subtle difference can make the picture or not. Annie Leibovitz subtledifferencesphotographer I'm more interested in being good than being famous. Annie Leibovitz being-famousbe-goodfame Photography's like this baby that needs to be fed all the time. It's always hungry. Annie Leibovitz photographybabyneeds 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. Annie Leibovitz powerfuldancestrong The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much. Annie Leibovitz camerasphotographyinspirational 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. Annie Leibovitz camerasshybelieve I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall. Annie Leibovitz wallwhitethinking 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. Annie Leibovitz agelongmoving Similar Authors Inge Morath photographer Bert Stern photographer Brent Stirton photographer Bunny Yeager photographer Burt Glinn photographer Bruno Barbey photographerAll Authors
