Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
ANSEL ADAMSThe quality of place, the reaction to immediate contact with earth and growing things that have a fugal relationship with mountains and sky, is essential to the integrity of our existence on this planet.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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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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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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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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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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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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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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