A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
ANSEL ADAMSI 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.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.
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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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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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As the fisherman depends upon the rivers, lakes and seas and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind in general depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence.
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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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The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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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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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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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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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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