Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
ANSEL ADAMSWe make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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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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Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
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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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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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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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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.
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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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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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