Annie Leibovitz's work is definitely something to look up to. I was randomly going through some high fashion photography & among the many, hers caught my attention the most. I then saw the collection of pics, loved them, & continued to search for more of her stuff. I think she won me over when I saw she photographed Sarah Jessica Parker & Chris Noth from Sex & The City (woo-hoo!) for the June 08 Vogue cover. After having SJP, SATC & Vogue all in one sentence, who wouldn't be happy?
"…Photography’s like this baby that needs to be fed all the time. It’s always hungry. It needs to be read to, taken care of. I had to nourish my work with different approaches. One of the reasons that I went to Vanity Fair was that I knew I would have a broader range of subjects – writers, dancers, artists and musicians of all kinds. And I wanted to learn about glamour.I admire the work of photographers like Beaton, Penn, and Avedon, as much as I respected grittier photographers such as Robert Frank. But in the same way that I’d had to find my own way of reportage, I had to find my own form of glamour. - Annie Leibovitz
