To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
ANSEL ADAMSIn 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.
More Ansel Adams Quotes
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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.
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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.
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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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A photograph is not an accident – it is a concept.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
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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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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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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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Some photographers take reality and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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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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To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print.
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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
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