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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

Ansel Adams

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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Beautiful Children Destroy Leaving Money Ourselves Price
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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Art Difference Negative Performance Way
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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Leaving Light Nature Quiet
The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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Negative Performance Photograph
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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Goodness Photograph Position
A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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Accident Mistake Photograph
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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Focus Image Myself Photograph Silence Word
I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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Collection Myself Thinking
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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Nature Photograph Present World
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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Camera Goodness Photograph Rule
Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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Beautiful Destroy Nature Price Worth
A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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Photograph See
Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.
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Art Easy Heart Life Smile World Yourself
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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Art Design Enough Style Technique
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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Art Believe Paint Photograph
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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Greatness Important Improvement Photograph Pieces

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

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