10 Questions for Annie Leibovitz

In Annie Leibovitz at Work , the photographer explains her artistry. Annie Leibovitz will now take your questions

Nick Rogers

Annie Leibovitz

Why do you continue to do celebrity portraits when many of them have their photographs plastered all over? Francesca Viola, BRONX, N.Y.

I've never liked the word celebrity. I like to photograph people who are good at what they do. I think the real problem today is, the Internet has created the demand for so much more information that we need to almost drum up more celebrities. We've run out, and now what we're doing is, we're making them up.

Is there anybody you never had a chance to photograph and always wanted to? Jerome Lessard, KINGSTON, ONT.

I work so...

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