There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
ANSEL ADAMSLandscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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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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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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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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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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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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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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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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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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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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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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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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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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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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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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Ask yourself, ‘Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?’ Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful.
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It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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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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