Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
ANSEL ADAMSI don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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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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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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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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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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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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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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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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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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In my mind’s eye, I visualize how a particular… sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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