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Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.

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Annie Leibovitz
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 2
Fashion Photographer
Photographer
Waterbury
Connecticut
Anna-Lou Leibovitz
Boring
Coming
Information
Face
Faces
Artist
Didn
Enough
Tight

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I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.
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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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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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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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