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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

Ansel Adams

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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Fight Government Nature Save
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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Expression Feeling Greatness Photograph
The 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.
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Existence Growth Integrity Ourselves Place Quality Relationship Sky
I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.
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Beautiful Believe Fate Future Myself People
A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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Photograph See
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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Beautiful Heart Love Myself Relationship Soul Spirit Stars World
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
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
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Destiny Fight Force Human Live Men Spirit
To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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Photograph See Truth
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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Art Difference Negative Performance Way
A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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Expression Feeling Greatness Oneself Photograph
You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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Art Inspirational Photograph Yourself
I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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Art Fine Music Myself Photograph
The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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Photograph Value
I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.
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Creative Development Eyes Hope Image Innovation Live Myself See Technology Trust
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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Goodness Photograph Position

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

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