“I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful.” WantIdeasAgeBeautifulWomenBeautyBreakAgingStereotypeGetting OlderBeing BeautifulOlder WomenBreaking Promises Author:Annie Leibovitz
“There's an idea that it's hard to be a woman artist. People assume that women have fewer opportunities, less power. But it's not any harder to be a woman artist than to be a male artist. We all take what we are given and use the parts of ourselves that feed the work. We make our way. Photographers, men and women, are particularly lucky. Photography lets you find yourself. It is a passport to people and places and to possibilities.” PeopleMenWayIdeasHardUseArtistOpportunityGivenPossibilityLuckyPhotographyMen And WomenHarderAssumingMalesPhotographerFinding YourselfFewerPassportsWoman Artist 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
“I don't try to overintellectua lize my concepts of people. In fact, the ideas I have, if you talk about them, they seem extremely corny and it's only in their execution that people can enjoy them...It's something I've learned to trust: The stupider it is, the better it looks.” PeopleIfsTryingLooksIdeasFactsSeemsEnjoyConceptsI've LearnedExecutionCorny Author:Annie Leibovitz
“People buy ideas, they don't buy photographs.” PeopleIdeasPhotographyPhotograph Author:Annie Leibovitz
