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Annie Leibovitz Biography

Annie Leibovitz

Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (/ˈliːbəvɪts/; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer. She photographed John Lennon on the day he was assassinated, and her work has been used on numerous album covers and magazines. She became the first woman to hold an exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery in 1991.

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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.

Inspirational, Land, Living, Photography, Place

There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them.

Artist, Back, Mystery, One Day, Places, Planet

You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't.

Everyone, Inspiring, Think, Thinking, Trust, Trying

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.

Everyone, People, Taking, Talking, Trust, Views

Nature is so powerful, so strong. It takes you to a place within yourself.

Nature, Place, Powerful, Strong, Takes

I’d like to think that the actions we take today will allow others in the future to discover the wonders of landscapes we helped protect but never had the chance to enjoy ourselves.

Actions, Enjoy, Landscape, Thinking, Today

I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time.

Interesting, Portrait, Possible, Soul, Surface, Thinking

When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't.

Artist, Rolling, Stone, Stones, Working

I fight to take a good photograph every single time.

Fight, Fighting, Good, Photograph, Single

A photograph is just a little, teeny-weeny, small piece of life. I feel like I see so much more than what I can actually get.

Life, Littles, Photograph, Photography, Pieces, Small

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

Difference, Differences, Photographer, Picture, Subtle

Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography.

Front, Mysterious, Perhaps, Photography, Things, Wonderful

When I'm asked about my work, I try to explain that there is no mystery involved. It is work. But things happen all the time that are unexpected, uncontrolled, unexplainable, even magical. The work prepares you for that moment. Suddenly the clouds roll in and the soft light you longed for appears.

Clouds, Light, Moment, Time, Trying

A lot can be told from what happens in between the main moments.

Happens, Moments, Told

Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives.

Archives, Asking, Everyone, Keeps, Tired

I admired the work of photographers like Beaton, Penn, and Avedon as much as I respected the grittier photographers such as Robert Frank. But in the same way that I had to find my own way of reportage, I had to find my own form of glamour.

Admired, Avedon, Glamour, Like, Photographer, Way

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

Artist, Awkward, Everyone, Take, Want

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.

Change, Littles, Mediums, Pictures, Two, Working

My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm.

Artist, Choice, Choices, Closer, Environmental

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take a picture. Sometimes I go back to reportage, to journalism.

Artist, Draw, Reportage, Style, Vocabulary

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