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"   Photo: Joyce Culver   Bruce Weber might be 68-years-old, but if you ask him how old he feels, it&amp;#039;s more like 18 going on 19. He may have the energy of a teen, but in conversation with Fern Mallis at the 92Y, Weber relayed years of wisdom from his time behind the lens of famous fashion campaigns for Armani, Miu Miu, and Abercrombie &amp;amp;amp; Fitch. He&amp;#039;s also shot reams of film for Ralph Lauren, and apparently, it&amp;#039;s been most appreciated\u2014the sportswear icon attended last night&amp;#039;s talk with his wife and children in tow. &amp;quot;Bruce brings a sense of family, relationships, and love to his work,&amp;quot; Mallis told ELLE.com after the panel. &amp;quot;You can see a story in everything he&amp;#039;s doing. Plus, and he didn&amp;#039;t want to talk a lot about it, but those bodies and the nudity \u2014 he made it a different art form with his photography.&amp;quot; We spoke with Weber shortly afterwards to talk about Cindy Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, and more. Your candid comments about Cindy Crawford have been getting a lot of press. Have you spoken to her since? I just wrote her a note today because I thought that it was important to. It was all over the media. And I said &amp;#039;Cindy, we were both so young when it happened, and now that I think about it, I was kind of a brat too&amp;#039;. So, I think it was just a part of growing up, you know. Everyone looks at you through a microscope. What are they doing? What are they saying? Why are they saying that? Sometimes you forget that we&amp;#039;re not in school anymore. You shot Jennifer Lawrence, Olivia Wilde, and Lindsay Lohan as Abercrombie &amp;amp;amp; Fitch models before they hit it big. Did you get the sense they were headed towards Hollywood fame? No! But I liked them a lot. They had good enthusiasm, and more importantly, a great sense of humor. That was what I remembered. Jennifer Lawrence had a really sharp personality just like she does now. They really haven&amp;#039;t changed very much actually. Lindsay was really shy, really adorable \u2014 a lot like she was in Mean Girls. In light of recent controversies, do you feel the fashion industry needs more diversity? Absolutely. I mean, my work spans all kinds of people. I just did a story on transgender kids, which was really amazing for me as an experience. It would be nice if everyone had a voice. You said earlier that as you get older, you&amp;#039;re less focused on perfection. Could you elaborate on that? I always liked people that were a little less perfect. I made a film on jazz singer, Chet Baker, who wasn&amp;#039;t as perfect as he was when he was younger. I also think it&amp;#039;s beautiful when you see a woman who isn&amp;#039;t just sample size, who has hips and chest. If she can&amp;#039;t fit into a size 2 Chanel outfit, who cares? What do you miss most about Elizabeth Taylor that you don&amp;#039;t see in Hollywood stars today? Elizabeth was so flirtatious with life, and a lot of actresses aren&amp;#039;t these day. Having been so close to Elizabeth, what do you think women of today can learn from her? I would say, never think that diamonds and beautiful clothes are going to replace a lot of things in your life. It&amp;#039;s important to take care of yourself first. Elizabeth worked all of her life and she always took care of herself.  Bruce Weber for Abercrombie &amp;amp;amp; Fitch  Bruce Weber for Miu Miu  Bruce Weber for Ralph Lauren  Lindsay Lohan, age 12, by Bruce Weber for Abercrombie &amp;amp;amp; Fitch  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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