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

Ansel Adams

You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.
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I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
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It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.
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You don’t make a photograph just with a camera
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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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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
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I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds.
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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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No 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.
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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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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!
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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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We make images to “honor what is greater and more interesting than we are.”
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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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