Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (/ˈliːbəvɪts/; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer. Read full biography of Annie Leibovitz →
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.
When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most... →
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... →
I've never liked the word 'celebrity.' I like to photograph people who are good at what they do.
If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.
I fell in love with the darkroom, and that was part of being a photographer at the time. The darkroom was unbelievably sexy. I would spend all night... →
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... →
I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was... →
There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.
I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.
What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.
I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I wanted to be somewhere where things could happen and the subject... →
What has stayed true all the way through my work is my composition, I hope, and my sense of color.
Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (/ˈliːbəvɪts/; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer.