“When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.” KnowsWantInspirationalMeanPhotographyPhotographerPhotographReally MeanInspirational Photography Book:Photographs Source: Photographs
“Computer photography won't be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be chemical.” ThinkingKnowsComputerPhotographyChemicalsLandscape Photography Author:Annie Leibovitz
“My early childhood equipped me really well for my portrait work: The quick encounter, where you are not going to know the subject for very long. These days I am much more comfortable with the fifteen minute relationship, than I am with a life long relationship.” KnowsWellsLongChildhoodMinutesSubjectsComfortablePhotographerThese DaysEncountersWhere You AreFifteenPortraitsLong LifeEarly ChildhoodLong Relationship Author:Annie Leibovitz
“I’ve said about a million times that the best thing a young photographer can do is to stay close to home. Start with your friends and family, the people who will put up with you. Discover what it means to be close to your work, to be intimate with a subject. Measure the difference between that and working with someone you don't know as much about. Of course there are many good photographs that have nothing to do with staying close to home, and I guess what I'm really saying is that you should take pictures of something that has meaning for you” PeopleKnowsShouldMeanSaidHomeYoungCoursesCan DoDifferencesMillionsSubjectsPhotographerPhotographBest ThingsIntimateStayingFamily And Friends 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
“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
