There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
ANSEL ADAMSI don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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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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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe 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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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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I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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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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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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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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I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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