I'm more interested in being good than being famous. Annie Leibovitz More Quotes by Annie Leibovitz More Quotes From Annie Leibovitz 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. Annie Leibovitz artist talking thinking I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me. Annie Leibovitz cameras artist talking I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected. Annie Leibovitz artist taken responsibility At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way. Annie Leibovitz rolling cameras stones The subjects felt more comfortable if they played the role than if they had to be themselves. Annie Leibovitz subjects felt roles When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward. Annie Leibovitz awkward artist want Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information. Annie Leibovitz information artist faces The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was going to live with this thing, I was going to have to think about what that meant. There were not going to be any pictures without it. Annie Leibovitz determination heart thinking 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. Annie Leibovitz boxes photograph hands 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. Annie Leibovitz landscape today thinking I'm pretty used to people not liking having their picture taken. I mean, if you do like to have your picture taken, I worry about you. Annie Leibovitz photography taken mean Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives. Annie Leibovitz archives tired asking What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not. Annie Leibovitz shooting artist helping Photography is not something you retire from. Annie Leibovitz retiring photography Irving Penn said he didn't want to photograph anyone under 60, and I think there is some truth about it. Annie Leibovitz photograph want thinking I don't try to overintellectua lize my concepts of people. In fact, the ideas I have, if you talk about them, they seem extremely corny and it's only in their execution that people can enjoy them...It's something I've learned to trust: The stupider it is, the better it looks. Annie Leibovitz trying people ideas Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well. Annie Leibovitz helpful taught people When I started to be published I thought about Margaret Bourke-White and the whole journalistic approach to things. I believed I was supposed to catch life going by me - that I wasn't to alter it or tamper with it - that I was just to watch what was going on and report it as best I could. This shoot with John was different. I got involved, and I realized that you can't help but be touched by what goes on in front of you. I no longer believe that there is such a thing as objectivity. Annie Leibovitz objectivity white believe 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. Annie Leibovitz glamour photographer way People buy ideas, they don't buy photographs. Annie Leibovitz photography people ideas
