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What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.

Annie Leibovitz

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Annie Leibovitz
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 2
Fashion Photographer
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Anna-Lou Leibovitz
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