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We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.

Ansel Adams

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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Emotion Emotional Existence Lake Sea Spiritual World
To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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Photograph See Truth
We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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Greatness Honor Image
The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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Negative Performance Photograph
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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Nature Photograph Present World
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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Difficult Disappointment Hard Time Photograph
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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Goodness Photograph Position
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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Feeling Growth Potential Remember See Yourself
The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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Adventure Art Experience Mystery Nature Photograph Seek
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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Camera Goodness Photograph Rule
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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Focus Image Myself Photograph Silence Word
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.
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Art Beautiful Generosity Light Spirit
The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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Ability Camera Inspirational Photographer Possible
Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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Goodness Photograph
We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.
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Leaving Light Nature Quiet
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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Love Photograph Reality Spirit Technique

We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.

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We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.

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