I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.
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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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print.
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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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In my mind’s eye, I visualize how a particular… sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
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I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.
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It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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