Annie Leibovitz

I've never liked the word 'celebrity.' I like to photograph people who are good at what they do.

I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.

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

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself.