One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
ANSEL ADAMSThere are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
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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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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.
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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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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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Some photographers take reality and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.
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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 craft of photography is the key to good images.
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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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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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