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You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

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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I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.
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The subjects felt more comfortable if they played the role than if they had to be themselves.
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I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.
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You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can’t. It’s important to stay the course. I don’t think I would have lasted this long if I’d listened to anyone. You have to listen somewhat and then put that to the side and know that what you do matters.
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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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I don't try to overintellectua lize my concepts of people. In fact, the ideas I have, if you talk about them, they seem extremely corny and it's only in their execution that people can enjoy them...It's something I've learned to trust: The stupider it is, the better it looks.
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When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.
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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 the most valuable thing.
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What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually there are no people in my pictures. It is so emotional.
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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.
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds.
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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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I'm pretty used to people not liking having their picture taken. I mean, if you do like to have your picture taken, I worry about you.
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I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.
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A photograph is just a tiny slice of a subject. A piece of them in a moment. It seems presumptuous to think you can get more than that.
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I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take a picture. Sometimes I go back to reportage, to journalism.
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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 the clouds roll in and the soft light you longed for appears.
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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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Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.
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