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

Annie Leibovitz

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Annie Leibovitz
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 2
Fashion Photographer
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Anna-Lou Leibovitz
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You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.
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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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Everyone has a point of view. Some people call it style, but what we're really talking about is the guts of a photograph. When you trust your point of view, that's when you start taking pictures.
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Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.
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At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.
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There is a myth that the portrait photographer is supposed to make the subject relax, and that's the real person. But I'm interested in whatever is going on. And I'm not that comfortable myself.
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As you get older, you have different tools, and you learn to use photography differently.
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...I gave up on being a journalist - I thought having a point of view was more important than being objective.
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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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I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.
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In this day and age of things moving so, so fast, we still long for things to stop, and we as a society love the still image. Every time there is some terrible or great moment, we remember the stills.
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A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.
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I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.
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