Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
ANSEL ADAMSThe negative is the score, and the print the performance.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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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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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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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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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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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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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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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.
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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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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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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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