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
hope stayed true work
What has stayed true all the way through my work is my composition, I hope, and my sense of color.
crawl decision personally
I personally made a decision many years ago that I wanted to crawl into portraiture because it had a lot of latitude.
liberating projects
As I get older, the book projects are - liberating is one word, but they really are me.
front quite unfold wonderful
As much as I'm not a journalist, I use journalism. And when you photograph a relationship, it's quite wonderful to let something unfold in front of you.
across boundary imaginary journalist liked objective point realized supposed
I realized I couldn't be a journalist because I like to take a side, to have an opinion and a point a view; I liked to step across the imaginary boundary of the objective view that the journalist is supposed to have and be involved.
bought fan huge money robert soon
I'm a huge, huge fan of photography. I have a small photography collection. As soon as I started to make some money, I bought my very first photograph: an Henri Cartier-Bresson. Then I bought a Robert Frank.
art artist became francisco months san school six teacher unless within
I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was told that I couldn't be an art teacher unless I became an artist first.
good liked people word
I've never liked the word 'celebrity.' I like to photograph people who are good at what they do.
almost room soldiers standing
For me to be in a room with those soldiers standing over there -- it's almost like you're there with them, and I think that's unbelievably powerful.
hands photograph boxes
I love having the photograph in my hand. I love looking at the photograph. I love looking at a box of photographs. I just love the still photograph.
funny
No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.
photography pieces littles
A photograph is just a little, teeny-weeny, small piece of life. I feel like I see so much more than what I can actually get.
photography ideas people
People buy ideas, they don't buy photographs.
people taught helpful
Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.