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 ADAMSThe craft of photography is the key to good images.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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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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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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The quality of place, the reaction to immediate contact with earth and growing things that have a fugal relationship with mountains and sky, is essential to the integrity of our existence on this planet.
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One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
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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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I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.
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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.
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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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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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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.
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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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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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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I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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