A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
ANSEL ADAMSImpression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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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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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.
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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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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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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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