A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
ANSEL ADAMSPhotography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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Let us leave a splendid legacy for our children…let us turn to them and say, this you inherit: guard it well, for it is far more precious than money…and once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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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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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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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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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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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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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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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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