“The subjects felt more comfortable if they played the role than if they had to be themselves.” IfsFeltRolesSubjectsComfortable Author:Annie Leibovitz
“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
“I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.” IfsLittlesTwoBitsPositionLittle BitMediumsFormat Author:Annie Leibovitz
“What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually there are no people in my pictures. It is so emotional.” PeopleIfsEmotionalPhotographerLandscape 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
“If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.” IfsShowsArtistCryPhotographerMake You Cry Author:Annie Leibovitz
“You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't.” IfsThinkingTryingInspiringPleaseSplinters Author:Annie Leibovitz
“You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can’t. It’s important to stay the course. I don’t think I would have lasted this long if I’d listened to anyone. You have to listen somewhat and then put that to the side and know that what you do matters.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingLongImportantMatterCoursesSidesPleaseSplinters 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
“I'm pretty used to people not liking having their picture taken. I mean, if you do like to have your picture taken, I worry about you.” PeopleIfsMeanUsedWorryTakenPhotographyPicture Taken Author:Annie Leibovitz
