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… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them. — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
My body was so instrumental to how I took pictures: it was practically a dance. I used to use my legs a lot; now… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
I realized I couldn't be a journalist because I like to take a side, to have an opinion and a point a view; I… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
“Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography. It seemed like you just had to decide… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
As I get older, the book projects are - liberating is one word, but they really are me. — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
I admired the work of photographers like Beaton, Penn, and Avedon as much as I respected the grittier photographers such as Robert Frank. But… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
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… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When you involve people, they come out, you see them, you get to see their sense of humor. — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think.… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
