A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
ANSEL ADAMSI knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
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Ask yourself, ‘Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?’ Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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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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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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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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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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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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