I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
ANSEL ADAMSA great photograph is a full expression of what one feels…
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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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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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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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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In my mind’s eye, I visualize how a particular… sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
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A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.
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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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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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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 hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.
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I believe in beauty. I believe in stones and water, air and soil, people and their future and their fate.
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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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Bad weather makes for good photography.
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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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You don’t take a photograph, you make it.
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