A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
ANSEL ADAMSDodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.
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One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
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It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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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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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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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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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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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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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 single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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