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When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

- Annie Leibovitz
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One of the great things about being an older person is that I am very aware of the scope of the work and the historical sense of it. It's bigger than me.

I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time.

What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not.

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

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

I've created a vocabulary of different styles. I draw from many different ways to take a picture. Sometimes I go back to reportage, to journalism.

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

I was with Tom Wolfe at the launch of Apollo 17, which led him to 'The Right Stuff.'

I've learned to create a palette, a vocabulary of ways to take pictures.

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When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.