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 Copy Share Image
I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected. — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
Most people, especially successful people, are hard-working. They want to participate. They want to do things well. — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You're going to have to understand… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
Irving Penn said he didn't want to photograph anyone under 60, and I think there is some truth about it. — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
I think self-portraits are very difficult. I’ve always seen mine as straightforward, very stripped down, hair pulled back. No shirt. Whatever light… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women… — 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
