There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
ANSEL ADAMSPhotography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
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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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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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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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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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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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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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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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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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