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A photograph is not an accident – is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.

Ansel Adams

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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Expression Feeling Greatness Photograph
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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Camera Goodness Photograph Rule
The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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Camera Important Photograph Technology
I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
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Beautiful Believe End Magic Myself Nature Wonder
You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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Art Inspirational Photograph Yourself
It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
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Art Easy Photograph
I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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Collection Myself Thinking
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.
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Creative Development Eyes Hope Image Innovation Live Myself See Technology Trust
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.
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Art Beautiful Generosity Light Spirit
Some photographers take reality and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.
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Love Photograph Reality Spirit Technique
We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.
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Leaving Light Nature Quiet
How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.
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Determination Improvement Photograph Teaching World Yourself
I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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Art Fine Music Myself Photograph
The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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Negative Performance Photograph
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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Focus Image Myself Photograph Silence Word
Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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Beautiful Destroy Nature Price Worth

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