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What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.

Annie Leibovitz

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Annie Leibovitz
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 2
Fashion Photographer
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Anna-Lou Leibovitz
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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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...I gave up on being a journalist - I thought having a point of view was more important than being objective.
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A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.
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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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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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I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.
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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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If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.
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Everyone has a point of view. Some people call it style, but what we're really talking about is the guts of a photograph. When you trust your point of view, that's when you start taking pictures.
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In this day and age of things moving so, so fast, we still long for things to stop, and we as a society love the still image. Every time there is some terrible or great moment, we remember the stills.
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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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Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.
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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 feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.
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I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.
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When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.
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