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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. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

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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. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

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

— Annie Leibovitz

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

— Annie Leibovitz

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I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

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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. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

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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. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

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The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. ↗

— Carrie P. Snow

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If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

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It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

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