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Photography's like this baby that needs to be fed all the time. It's always hungry.

Annie Leibovitz

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