Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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.
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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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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Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.
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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 horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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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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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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