Top 62 Quotes by Annie Leibovitz

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

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

It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal.

What has stayed true all the way through my work is my composition, I hope, and my sense of color.

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.

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

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.

Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing as going to the heart of the matter.

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

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.