Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information. Annie Leibovitz More Quotes by Annie Leibovitz More Quotes From Annie Leibovitz When I'm asked about my work, I try to explain that there is no mystery involved. It is work. But things happen all the time that are unexpected, uncontrolled, unexplainable, even magical. The work prepares you for that moment. Suddenly the clouds roll in and the soft light you longed for appears. Annie Leibovitz lightcloudstrying I’ve said about a million times that the best thing a young photographer can do is to stay close to home. Start with your friends and family, the people who will put up with you. Discover what it means to be close to your work, to be intimate with a subject. Measure the difference between that and working with someone you don't know as much about. Of course there are many good photographs that have nothing to do with staying close to home, and I guess what I'm really saying is that you should take pictures of something that has meaning for you Annie Leibovitz differenceshomemean 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. Annie Leibovitz portraitsviewsmay You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't. Annie Leibovitz inspiringtryingthinking I fight to take a good photograph every single time. Annie Leibovitz fightingphotograph When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see. Annie Leibovitz percentphotographer If it makes you cry, it goes in the show. Annie Leibovitz cryphotographerartist All dancers are, by and large, a photographer's dream. They communicate with their bodies and they are trained to be completely responsive to a collaborative situation. Annie Leibovitz dancerbodydream You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth. Annie Leibovitz strangerphotographerreality Most people, especially successful people, are hard-working. They want to participate. They want to do things well. Annie Leibovitz hard-worksuccessfulpeople 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. Annie Leibovitz assignmentsfilmartist I was out there with the White House press squad, and after his helicopter took off, and the carpet rolled up...This wasn't a photograph that others were taking, but I continued to take pictures. Annie Leibovitz squadwhiteinspirational 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. Annie Leibovitz scaredartistwanted My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. Annie Leibovitz two-worldsphotographerlooks My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm. Annie Leibovitz environmentalchoicesartist 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. Annie Leibovitz differentartistwould-be Computer photography won't be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be chemical. Annie Leibovitz computerphotographythinking As you get older, you have different tools, and you learn to use photography differently. Annie Leibovitz differentphotographytools 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. Annie Leibovitz landscapeemotionalpeople 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. Annie Leibovitz piecesphotographylittles
