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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.

Ansel Adams

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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Expression Imagination Limitation Person Photograph
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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Focus Image Myself Photograph Silence Word
Let us leave a splendid legacy for our children…let us turn to them and say, this you inherit: guard it well, for it is far more precious than money…and once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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Beautiful Children Destroy Leaving Money Ourselves Price
I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.
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Believe Environment Life Myself
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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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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Build Confidence Creation Emotion Encouragement Men Reveal Spirit
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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Difficult Disappointment Hard Time Photograph
A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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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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Communication Expression Photograph Powerful
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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Art Easy Photograph
I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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Art Fine Music Myself Photograph
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 best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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Best Photograph Prosperity
With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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