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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.

Ansel Adams

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
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Destiny Fight Force Human Live Men Spirit
We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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Forever Illusion Time
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
I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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Collection Myself Thinking
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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Explanation Need Photograph True Word
The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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Ability Camera Inspirational Photographer Possible
A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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Photograph See
The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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Adventure Art Experience Mystery Nature Photograph Seek
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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Camera Goodness Photograph Rule
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied – it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
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Elegant Silence Talk Yourself
Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression.
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Expression Imagination Limitation Person Photograph
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
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 is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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Art Ignorance Image Photograph Worst
Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.
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God Myself Photograph Place
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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Communication Expression Photograph Powerful

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