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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

Ansel Adams

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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Explanation Need Photograph True Word
The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
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Negative Performance Photograph
Ask yourself, ‘Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?’ Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful.
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Feeling Growth Potential Remember See Yourself
I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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Art Myself Need
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
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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Inspirational People Photograph View
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
A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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Accident Mistake Photograph
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
Bad weather makes for good photography.
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Bad Climate Goodness Photograph
I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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Collection Myself Thinking
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
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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Difficult Disappointment Hard Time Photograph
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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Camera Goodness Photograph Rule
The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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Camera Important Photograph Technology
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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Beautiful Breathe Live Magic Quality Sun Yourself

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