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

Quote by Annie Leibovitz

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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...

When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought...

When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought...

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...

There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to...

There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to...

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a...

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a...

At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a...

At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I...

I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...