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The 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.

Ansel Adams

It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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Camera Photograph Technology
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
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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Build Confidence Creation Emotion Encouragement Men Reveal Spirit
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied – it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
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Elegant Silence Talk Yourself
Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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Feeling Photograph Yourself
A photograph is not an accident – is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.
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Existence Moments Negative Photograph
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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Explanation Need Photograph True Word
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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Inspirational People Photograph View
I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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Art Myself Need
Bad weather makes for good photography.
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Bad Climate Goodness Photograph
A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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Photograph See
Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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Goodness Photograph
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
Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
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Photograph Poetry Reality
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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Ability Excitement Eyes Feeling Goodness Mindset Photograph Practice
A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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Accident Mistake Photograph

The 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.

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The 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.

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