It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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
-
-
I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
ANSEL ADAMS -
I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
ANSEL ADAMS -
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
ANSEL ADAMS -
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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.
ANSEL ADAMS -
To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
ANSEL ADAMS -
You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
ANSEL ADAMS -
A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
ANSEL ADAMS -
I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds.
ANSEL ADAMS -
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
ANSEL ADAMS -
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
ANSEL ADAMS -
The craft of photography is the key to good images.
ANSEL ADAMS -
The ‘machine-gun’ approach to photography – by which many negatives are made with the hope that one will be good – is fatal to serious results.
ANSEL ADAMS -
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
ANSEL ADAMS -
The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
ANSEL ADAMS