What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.

Quote by Annie Leibovitz

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Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing...

Sometimes I enjoy just photographing the surface because I think it can be as revealing...

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is...

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is...

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd...

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd...

My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't...

My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't...

I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you...

I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you...

If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do...

If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do...

Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that....

Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that....

What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career,...

What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career,...

If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.

If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.

Computer photography won't be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be...

Computer photography won't be photography as we know it. I think photography will always be...

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

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

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd...

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd...

I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright...

I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright...

When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places...

When you are younger, the camera is like a friend and you can go places...

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

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

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you...

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you...

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

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

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

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