Neil Leifer - Quotes

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  • "I thought it was unprofessional to ask a subject for an autograph or to pose for a picture. But when I got an office next to Alfred Eisenstaedt, that all changed. I'd visit him because I loved listening to his stories, and I started to notice his personal pictures -- Sophia Loren kissing him on the cheek, or a shot of him hanging out with Jack Kennedy, and I started thinking, 'One day I’m going to be an older guy, and I want to be able to show my grandkids what I did during my career.' So from that point on, I ended every session with a picture of me and my subject. This one, from 1966, is one of the very first. I look at it now and I think about how lucky I've been to have photographed Ali for all these years, and to consider him a friend. He is a very special human being. He truly is."

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