Annie Leibovitz

I can't stand the word 'celebrity.' It's such a brash word.

— Annie Leibovitz

There certainly are people who are a pain to work with. I'd be crazy to name them. You can't be indiscreet in…

— 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.

— Annie Leibovitz

The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were supposed to be together. It was supposed…

— 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.

— Annie Leibovitz

There were some advantages to being a woman photographer. I think women have more empathy with the subject.

— Annie Leibovitz

There's not enough talked about in terms of growing older. You start to lose your body.

— Annie Leibovitz

I try to be home for dinner, but I'm not there enough. I sometimes feel I'm still fumbling, getting it wrong, but…

— Annie Leibovitz

Computer photography won't be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be chemical.

— Annie Leibovitz

I fell in love with the darkroom, and that was part of being a photographer at the time. The darkroom was unbelievably…

— Annie Leibovitz

When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but…

— Annie Leibovitz

I went on tour with the Rolling Stones in 1972 for two or three cities. And in 1975, I was the tour…

— Annie Leibovitz

Everyone has a point of view. Some people call it style, but what we're really talking about is the guts of a…

— Annie Leibovitz

I feel more like a creative artist using photography because there's - the digital work is so interesting now. It's come to…

— Annie Leibovitz

As fantastic as it is to have 'Vogue' and 'Vanity Fair' as places to work, I don't often get to shoot the…

— Annie Leibovitz

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the…

— Annie Leibovitz

I was out there with the White House press squad, and after his helicopter took off, and the carpet rolled up...This wasn't…

— Annie Leibovitz

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

— Annie Leibovitz

I love photography. And I just eat it up. I feel like I'm an encyclopedia, you know, inside.

— Annie Leibovitz

Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.

— Annie Leibovitz

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but…

— Annie Leibovitz

As you get older, you have different tools, and you learn to use photography differently.

— Annie Leibovitz

I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected.

— Annie Leibovitz

One of the great things about being an older person is that I am very aware of the scope of the work…

— Annie Leibovitz

I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you took the same picture over and over…

— 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.

— Annie Leibovitz

I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.

— Annie Leibovitz

I've never liked the word 'celebrity.' I like to photograph people who are good at what they do.

— Annie Leibovitz

I'm pretty used to people not liking having their picture taken. I mean, if you do like to have your picture taken,…

— Annie Leibovitz

As I get older, the book projects are - liberating is one word, but they really are me.

— Annie Leibovitz

Irving Penn said he didn't want to photograph anyone under 60, and I think there is some truth about it.

— Annie Leibovitz

I was with Tom Wolfe at the launch of Apollo 17, which led him to 'The Right Stuff.'

— Annie Leibovitz

A photograph is just a little, teeny-weeny, small piece of life. I feel like I see so much more than what I…

— Annie Leibovitz

What has stayed true all the way through my work is my composition, I hope, and my sense of color.

— Annie Leibovitz

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know…

— Annie Leibovitz

Most people, especially successful people, are hard-working. They want to participate. They want to do things well.

— Annie Leibovitz

A photograph is just a tiny slice of a subject. A piece of them in a moment. It seems presumptuous to think…

— Annie Leibovitz

I feel unbelievably blessed that I have had the opportunity to photograph Malala in her classroom in Birmingham.

— Annie Leibovitz

I went to Yosemite as an homage to Ansel Adams. I could never be Ansel Adams, but to know that's there for…

— Annie Leibovitz

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.

— Annie Leibovitz