Everyone keeps asking you for pictures, and after a while you get tired of that. I always say, They are in the archives.
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 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 Leibovitz