There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
ANSEL ADAMSThe camera cannot, but the photographer can.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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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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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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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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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 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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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
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