You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
ANSEL ADAMSTwelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied – it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
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Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
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To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print.
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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 a full expression of what one feels…
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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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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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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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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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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
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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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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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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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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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