There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
ANSEL ADAMS
It 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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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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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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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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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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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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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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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 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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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
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I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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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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