“The subjects felt more comfortable if they played the role than if they had to be themselves.” IfsFeltRolesSubjectsComfortable Author:Annie Leibovitz
“There is a myth that the portrait photographer is supposed to make the subject relax, and that's the real person. But I'm interested in whatever is going on. And I'm not that comfortable myself.” PersonsRealSubjectsComfortablePhotographerMythRelaxPortraitsReal Person Author:Annie Leibovitz
“What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.” EndsHelpingArtistSituationSubjectsShootingComposition Author:Annie Leibovitz
“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 wasn't just looking back at you.” HappensWantedArtistFeltSubjectsScaredStudiosLooking Back 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
“A photograph is just a tiny slice of a subject. A piece of them in a moment. It seems presumptuous to think you can get more than that.” ThinkingMomentsSeemsPiecesSubjectsPhotographTinyPresumptuous Author:Annie Leibovitz
