A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
ANSEL ADAMSIt is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
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One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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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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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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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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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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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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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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