Annie Leibovitz Quotes

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• One doesn't stop seeing. One doesn't stop framing. It doesn't turn off and turn on. It's on all the time. All
• As you get older, you have different tools, and you learn to use photography differently. Different Tools
• My early childhood equipped me really well for my portrait work: The quick encounter, where you are not going to know the subject for very… Childhood
• I’ve said about a million times that the best thing a young photographer can do is to stay close to home. Start with your friends… Best
• 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… Any
• When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be… Assignment
• 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. I… Camera
• There's an idea that it's hard to be a woman artist. People assume that women have fewer opportunities, less power. But it's not any harder… All
• When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see. Funny
• As a young person, and I know it’s hard to believe that I was shy, but you could take your camera, and it would take… Believe
• I think self-portraits are very difficult. I’ve always seen mine as straightforward, very stripped down, hair pulled back. No shirt. Whatever light happened to be… Always Seen
• Photography is not something you retire from. From
• 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… Action
• I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone. Actually Love
• Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives. Always Say
• A lot can be told from what happens in between the main moments. From
• I was out there with the White House press squad, and after his helicopter took off, and the carpet rolled up...This wasn't a photograph that… Carpet
• If it makes you cry, it goes in the show. Cry
• You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't. Everyone
• Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography. Aspect

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