156 Quotes by Annie Leibovitz

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.

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.

A very subtle difference can make the picture 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.

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

When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing.

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

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.