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 ADAMSI 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.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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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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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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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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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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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 craft of photography is the key to good images.
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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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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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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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