“When I was younger, I did things with a camera I would not do by myself. I remember going down to the docks in San Francisco and asking a fisherman if he would take me out on his boat. I would never do that without a camera.” IfsCamerasBoatTake MeSan FranciscoFishermanDocks Author:Annie Leibovitz
“The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.” InspirationalForgetLike YouPhotographyCamerasPhotographerPhotographHidingForget YouPhotography By PhotographersInspirational PhotographyCamera And Photography Author:Annie Leibovitz
“It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal.” ArtistModernWeightCamerasHeavyMetalsPlasticHairstylesHeavy MetalHeavy WeightsMetal Fans Author:Annie Leibovitz
“I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.” NeedsStillsReasonArtistTalkingCameras Author:Annie Leibovitz
“At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.” WayUsedStonesCamerasProtectionRollingRolling Stones Author:Annie Leibovitz
“When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion.” FeelsArtistLike YouCamerasPhotographerCompanionSomeone You Like Author:Annie Leibovitz
“The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was going to live with this thing, I was going to have to think about what that meant. There were not going to be any pictures without it.” IfsThinkingFirstsHeartWould BeAsksLessonsFairsDeterminationCamerasPhotographerClimbsClimbingModeration Author:Annie Leibovitz
“If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist.” IfsThinkingReasonCamerasPhotographerForgotten Author:Annie Leibovitz
“As a young person, and I know it’s hard to believe that I was shy, but you could take your camera, and it would take you to places: it was like having a friend, like having someone to go out with and look at the world. I would do things with a camera I wouldn’t do normally if I was just by myself.” IfsKnowsWorldBelieveLooksPersonsHardYoungCamerasShyHard To Believe Author:Annie Leibovitz
“I think self-portraits are very difficult. I’ve always seen mine as straightforward, very stripped down, hair pulled back. No shirt. Whatever light happened to be available. I’d want it to be very graphic – about darkness and light. No one else should be there, but I’m scared to do it by myself. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. The whole idea of a self-portrait is strange. I’m so strongly linked to how I see through the camera that to get to the other side of it would be difficult. It would be as if I were taking a photograph in the dark.” IfsThinkingWantShouldLongIdeasSelfWholeLightWould BeDifficultSidesDarkDarknessHappenedMinesStrangeHairLong TimeCamerasPhotographerPhotographScaredAvailableShirtsPortraitsLinkedGraphicLight And DarknessStraightforwardSelf PortraitSelf Portrait Photography Author:Annie Leibovitz
