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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.

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 still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.
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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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It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal.
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When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.
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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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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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I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you took the same picture over and over and it would be different, every single frame.
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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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If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.
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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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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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You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.
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My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm.
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Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.
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