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.

Quote by Annie Leibovitz

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

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

What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject...

What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject...

When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.

When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.

The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were...

The pictures of my family were designed to be on a family wall, they were...

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may...

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may...

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...

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take...

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take...

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...

What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be...

What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn't be...

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to...

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to...

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work...

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work...

My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that...

My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that...

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...

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

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,...

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.

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....

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and...

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and...

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.

When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical...

When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical...