The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
ANSEL ADAMSA photograph is not an accident – is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
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Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.
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