Bad weather makes for good photography.
ANSEL ADAMSBad weather makes for good photography.
ANSEL ADAMSI think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
ANSEL ADAMSNo man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
ANSEL ADAMSI knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
ANSEL ADAMSWe make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
ANSEL ADAMSThere are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
ANSEL ADAMSA photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
ANSEL ADAMSWhen words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
ANSEL ADAMSYou 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.
ANSEL ADAMSA photograph is not an accident – is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.
ANSEL ADAMSPhotography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
ANSEL ADAMSI don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
ANSEL ADAMSNot everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
ANSEL ADAMSMillions 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.
ANSEL ADAMSI 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.
ANSEL ADAMSTo 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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