In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
ANSEL ADAMSSome photographers take reality and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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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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Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique – these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
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I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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I believe the approach of the artist and the approach of the environmentalist are fairly close in that both are, to a rather impressive degree, concerned with the affirmation of life.
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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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Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
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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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We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.
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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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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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