Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz
Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitzis an American portrait photographer. She photographed John Lennon on the day he was assassinated, and her work was used on two record albums by Joan Armatrading. She is the only woman to have held an exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth2 October 1949
CityWaterbury, CT
CountryUnited States of America
artist one-day mystery
There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them.
rolling stones way
At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.
proud feels colorful
I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.
artist shooting helping
What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.
emotional people landscape
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.
way photographer glamour
I admired the work of photographers like Beaton, Penn, and Avedon as much as I respected the grittier photographers such as Robert Frank. But in the same way that I had to find my own way of reportage, I had to find my own form of glamour.
thinking cameras forgotten
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.
determination heart thinking
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.
wall thinking white
I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.
long childhood encounters
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.
photography tools use
As you get older, you have different tools, and you learn to use photography differently.
san-francisco docks cameras
When I was younger I did things with a camera I would not do by myself. I went down to the docks in San Francisco and asked a fisherman if he would take me out on his boat. I would never do that without a camera.
people sense-of-humor
When you involve people, they come out, you see them, you get to see their sense of humor.
talking goes-on watches
It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.