Annie Leibovitz

There were some advantages to being a woman photographer. I think women have more empathy with the subject. ”

I was scared when I went to Conde Nast. I had heard horror stories about how they used you up and then spit you out and went on. But there was this great history of photography that had been done there. ”

I've never liked the word 'celebrity.' I like to photograph people who are good at what they do. ”

I'm more interested in being good than being famous. ”

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not. ”

There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them. ”

I fell in love with the darkroom, and that was part of being a photographer at the time. The darkroom was unbelievably sexy. I would spend all night in the darkroom. ”

I love photography. And I just eat it up. I feel like I'm an encyclopedia, you know, inside. ”

As much as I'm not a journalist, I use journalism. And when you photograph a relationship, it's quite wonderful to let something unfold in front of you. ”

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people. ”