With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
ANSEL ADAMSIt is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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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 don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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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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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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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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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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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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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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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
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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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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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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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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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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.
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