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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.

Ansel Adams

Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
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Photograph Poetry Reality
Ask yourself, ‘Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?’ Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful.
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Feeling Growth Potential Remember See Yourself
I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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Collection Myself Thinking
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
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Myself Space Sunrise Wonder
Bad weather makes for good photography.
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Bad Climate Goodness Photograph
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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Inspirational People Photograph View
It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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Nature Photograph Present World
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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Art Communication Creation Ideas Photograph
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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Nature Reveal Simplicity Wild
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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Goodness Photograph Position
I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.
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Believe Environment Life Myself
The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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Goodness Image Keys Photograph
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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Art Believe Paint Photograph
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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Care Establishment God Mistake Photograph Relationship
Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.
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Art Easy Heart Life Smile World Yourself
I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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Art Myself Need

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