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The negative is the score, and the print the performance.

Ansel Adams

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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Existence Moments Negative Photograph
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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Creation Existence Human Life Nature Spirit
I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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Destiny Experience Myself Photograph
The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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Photograph Value
A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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Expression Feeling Greatness Oneself Photograph
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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Experience Exploration Life Photograph Time Wisdom
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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Inspirational People Photograph View
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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Explanation Need Photograph True Word
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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Existence Growth Integrity Ourselves Place Quality Relationship Sky
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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Beautiful Heart Love Myself Relationship Soul Spirit Stars World
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 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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Beautiful Encouragement Excitement Expression Greatness Hope Myself Photograph Search World
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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Art Believe Paint Photograph
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.
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Act Art Love Music People Photograph Reading Yourself
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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Ability Photograph Possible Remember
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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