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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.

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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Everyone
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