Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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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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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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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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I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.
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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
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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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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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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 make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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