Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
ANSEL ADAMSA great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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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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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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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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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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Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.
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