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.
From Annie Leibovitz
I went to Yosemite as an homage to Ansel Adams. I could never be Ansel Adams, but to know that's there for us - there's so much for us in this country.
Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.
When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.
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.
When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.
Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives.
I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful.
A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.
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.
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