It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
ANSEL ADAMSThere is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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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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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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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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I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
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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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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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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
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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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To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print.
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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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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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