Explore Quotes by Annie Leibovitz

One doesn't stop seeing. One doesn't stop framing. It doesn't turn off and turn on. It's on all the time.

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.

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.

When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places and feel like you're with someone, like you have a companion.

What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.

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.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but it wasn't.

There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take a picture. Sometimes I go back to reportage, to journalism.

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.

What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.

My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm.

Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.

I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.

At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.

I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected.

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position.

The work which is manipulated looks a little boring to me. I think life is pretty strange anyway. It is wooo, wooo, wooo!

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.