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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.

Ansel Adams

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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Existence Moments Negative Photograph
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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Focus Image Myself Photograph Silence Word
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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Difficult Disappointment Hard Time Photograph
Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression.
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Expression Imagination Limitation Person Photograph
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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Communication Expression Photograph Powerful
The craft of photography is the key to good images.
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Goodness Image Keys Photograph
I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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Destiny Experience Myself Photograph
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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Explanation Need Photograph True Word
Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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Feeling Photograph Yourself
Bad weather makes for good photography.
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Bad Climate Goodness Photograph
We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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Forever Illusion Time
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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Nature Reveal Simplicity Wild
To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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Photograph See Truth
It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.
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Beautiful Breathe Live Magic Quality Sun Yourself
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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I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.
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Art Fine Music Myself Photograph

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