Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
ANSEL ADAMSA photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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The ‘machine-gun’ approach to photography – by which many negatives are made with the hope that one will be good – is fatal to serious results.
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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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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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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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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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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.
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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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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
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