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

Annie Leibovitz

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Annie Leibovitz
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 2
Fashion Photographer
Photographer
Waterbury
Connecticut
Anna-Lou Leibovitz
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Pictures
People
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Afraid
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I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.
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What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.
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I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.
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When I was younger, I did things with a camera I would not do by myself. I remember going down to the docks in San Francisco and asking a fisherman if he would take me out on his boat. I would never do that without a camera.
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When you involve people, they come out, you see them, you get to see their sense of humor.
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All dancers are, by and large, a photographer's dream. They communicate with their bodies and they are trained to be completely responsive to a collaborative situation.
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Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.
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