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.
ANSEL ADAMSThere are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.
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With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
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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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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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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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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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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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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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Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression.
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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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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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
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Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
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We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.
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Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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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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I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.
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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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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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