Annie Leibovitz Teaches Photography Lezioni «PROVEN →»

I tell them: "Who are you going to photograph?"

My name is Annie. I started at Rolling Stone magazine with a camera that barely worked. I didn’t know about lighting ratios. I knew about people . I knew about the moment right before the laugh, and the silence right after the fight. That is what we are going to learn today:

You just shot 500 frames. You feel like a genius. Now comes the hard part: Killing your babies. annie leibovitz teaches photography lezioni

The world has enough sharp photos of flowers. What it doesn't have enough of is your point of view .

North-facing light is God’s light. It is soft, cool, and forgiving. It wraps around the face like a memory. South-facing light is harsh—it reveals every wrinkle, every scar, every truth. I tell them: "Who are you going to photograph

My editors at Rolling Stone hated my contact sheets. They wanted the clean shot. I wanted the shot where the rock star looked tired at 3:00 AM. That tiredness is the story.

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That photograph—the one where you aren't performing—will be the best picture you take all year. Because you stopped trying to be interesting , and you started being real .