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I've always cared more about taking pictures than about the art market.

Annie Leibovitz

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Annie Leibovitz
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 2
Fashion Photographer
Photographer
Waterbury
Connecticut
Anna-Lou Leibovitz
Always
Cared
Pictures
Photographer
Market
Taking
Art

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I'm more interested in being good than being famous.
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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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People buy ideas, they don't buy photographs.
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A lot can be told from what happens in between the main moments.
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You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't.
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A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.
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I'm pretty used to people not liking having their picture taken. I mean, if you do like to have your picture taken, I worry about you.
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