With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
ANSEL ADAMSWe make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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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 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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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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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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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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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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I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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