Annie Leibovitz Quotes

The job of the color photographer is to provide some level of abstraction that can take the image out of the daily.

Photographing a cake can be art.

I love a well composed shot. It doesn't necessarily have to be beautiful, but it must be well composed.

Sometimes I'm amazed by how much you can do as a photographer.

Truthfully, I don't really think of myself as a photographer. I don't have all the disciplines and knowledge of a person who's spent their life devoted to photography.

It's just about going out and getting the shot, so I have a great understanding of how to execute it, so that really helps me, and also having a good understanding of all the action that I'm shooting, it helps me in determining how I'm going to capture it.

Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.

I really like doing portraits, but I like taking pictures of things that are natural, like scenery, too.

I'm not an artist. I set the camera up and tell my story.

I was always interested in photography and other forms of art.

I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don't do color theory!

I fight to take a good photograph every single time.

Modern technology has taken the angst out of achieving the perfect shot. For me, the only thing that counts is the idea behind the image: what you want to see and what you're trying to say. The idea is crucial. You have to think of something you want to say and expand upon it.

From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.

I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.

A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

I never claimed to be a great photographer.

Photography is my passion. Whenever I get time, I click.

I take a lot of pride in my photography.

I love photography... I'd like to write a show about photography.

It's seldom you make a great picture. you have to milk the cow quite a lot to get plenty of milk to make a little cheese.

Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do.

You can take a good picture of anything. A bad one, too.

Photography is 1% talent and 99% moving furniture.