Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer. She photographed John Lennon on the day he was assassinated, and her work has been used on numerous album covers and magazines.

She became the first woman to hold an exhibition at Washington’s National Portrait Gallery in 1991.

Leibovitz is much influenced by Richard Avedon, and his ‘personal reportage’, developing close rapport with her subjects.

Date of birth:
2nd October, 1949
"No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was."
― Annie Leibovitz
Topic(s): Funny
"My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can’t come in closer with the 35 mm."
― Annie Leibovitz
Topic(s): Environmental
"There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy."
― Annie Leibovitz
Topic(s): Communication
"Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy – your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself."
― Annie Leibovitz
Topic(s): Nature
"My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds."
― Annie Leibovitz
Topic(s): Hope
"I’m more interested in being good than being famous."
― Annie Leibovitz
Topic(s): Famous

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