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.
ANSEL ADAMSIn wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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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.
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A photograph is not an accident – is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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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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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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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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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.
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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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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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