With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
ANSEL ADAMSThe quality of place, the reaction to immediate contact with earth and growing things that have a fugal relationship with mountains and sky, is essential to the integrity of our existence on this planet.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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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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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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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 think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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