When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
ANSEL ADAMSI 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.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.
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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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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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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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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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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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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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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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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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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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