black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”

Ansel Adams

We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
ANSEL ADAMS

Greatness Honor Image
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
ANSEL ADAMS

Goodness Photograph Position
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
ANSEL ADAMS

Explanation Need Photograph True Word
The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
ANSEL ADAMS

Photograph Value
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.
ANSEL ADAMS

Ability Excitement Eyes Feeling Goodness Mindset Photograph Practice
The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
ANSEL ADAMS

Ability Camera Inspirational Photographer Possible
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.
ANSEL ADAMS

Expression Imagination Limitation Person Photograph
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
ANSEL ADAMS

Focus Image Myself Photograph Silence Word
Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
ANSEL ADAMS

Goodness Photograph
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.
ANSEL ADAMS

Act Art Love Music People Photograph Reading Yourself
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
ANSEL ADAMS

Art Communication Creation Ideas Photograph
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.
ANSEL ADAMS

Believe Environment Life Myself
It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
ANSEL ADAMS

Art Easy Photograph
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.
ANSEL ADAMS

Love Photograph Reality Spirit Technique
One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
ANSEL ADAMS

Greatness Important Improvement Photograph Pieces
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
ANSEL ADAMS

Communication Expression Photograph Powerful

We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”

Related Topics

Popular Authors

We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ansel Adams Quotes