To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
ANSEL ADAMSI am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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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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No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied – it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.
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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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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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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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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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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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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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