Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
ANSEL ADAMSAsk yourself, ‘Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?’ Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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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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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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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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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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The ‘machine-gun’ approach to photography – by which many negatives are made with the hope that one will be good – is fatal to serious results.
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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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Once destroyed, nature’s beauty cannot be repurchased at any price.
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I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful – an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
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