Annie Leibovitz

My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ”

There's not enough talked about in terms of growing older. You start to lose your body. ”

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful. ”

I went on tour with the Rolling Stones in 1972 for two or three cities. And in 1975, I was the tour photographer for the Rolling Stones. I hung onto my camera for dear life. Because it scared the hell out of me. ”

My father was stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, which had a hospital where they brought casualties straight from the battlefield. My mother was kind of a sophisticated bohemian, and my father was in the military to make a living. ”

What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone. ”

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

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well. ”

I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was told that I couldn't be an art teacher unless I became an artist first. ”

I feel more like a creative artist using photography because there's - the digital work is so interesting now. It's come to that. I have had many different stages of photography - there are many different ways to take photos. But I feel now I'm in that stage of my life where I use the camera, you know, in that way. ”