The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was going to live with this thing, I was going to have to think about what that meant. There were not going to be any pictures without it.
Annie LeibovitzIโve said about a million times that the best thing a young photographer can do is to stay close to home. Start with your friends and family, the people who will put up with you. Discover what it means to be close to your work, to be intimate with a subject. Measure the difference between that and working with someone you don't know as much about. Of course there are many good photographs that have nothing to do with staying close to home, and I guess what I'm really saying is that you should take pictures of something that has meaning for you
Annie LeibovitzI am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you took the same picture over and over and it would be different, every single frame.
Annie LeibovitzYou have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you canโt. Itโs important to stay the course. I donโt think I would have lasted this long if Iโd listened to anyone. You have to listen somewhat and then put that to the side and know that what you do matters.
Annie Leibovitz