A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
ANSEL ADAMSLandscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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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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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As the fisherman depends upon the rivers, lakes and seas and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind in general depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence.
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The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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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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The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.
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The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
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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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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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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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I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
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