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Annie Leibovitz Quotes

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.

Annie Leibovitz

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.

Tags: family

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

Annie Leibovitz

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

Tags: famous, good, being famous, being

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Anna-Lou Leibovitz ( LEE-bÉ™-vits; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer best known for her portraits, particularly of celebrities, which often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses. Leibovitz's Polaroid photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, taken five hours before Lennon's murder, is considered one of Rolling Stone magazine's most famous cover photographs. The Library of Congress declared her a Living Legend, and she is the first woman to have a feature exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery.

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.

Annie Leibovitz

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.

Tags: funny

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

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.

Tags: future

Photography is not something you retire from.

Annie Leibovitz

Photography is not something you retire from.

Tags: photography

I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.

Annie Leibovitz

I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.

Tags: nature, energy, wish, living

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

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.

Tags: beautiful, aging, want

I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was told that I couldn't be an art teacher unless I becam...

Annie Leibovitz

I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was told that I couldn't be an art teacher unless I becam...

Tags: art, school, artist

Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You're going to have to understand what you're doing. You're going to have to not just shoot, shoot, shoot. T...

Annie Leibovitz

Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You're going to have to understand what you're doing. You're going to have to not just shoot, shoot, shoot. T...

Tags: want, look, you

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

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.

Tags: design, problem, think

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.

Annie Leibovitz

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.

Tags: art, photography

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

The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.

Tags: photography

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

Annie Leibovitz

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

Tags: truth, reality, you, stranger

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.

Annie Leibovitz

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.

Tags: change

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

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.

Tags: nature, work, light, dance

My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds.

Annie Leibovitz

My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds.

Tags: hope, love, look, nurture

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

My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm.

Tags: environmental, choice, you, lens

There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.

Annie Leibovitz

There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.

Tags: communication, good, think, why