Ansel Adams Quotes
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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Photographers and artists contribute a lot to the world and have a right to exist in relative security and comfort.
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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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A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
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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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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.
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I do not think there is any question of photography being an art form!
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
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While the photos at the D.M.V. (New York) will still be taken in color, the engraving is done in grayscale, hence the Ansel Adams feel.
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Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond the lens, trusting the instrument will 'capture' something 'seen.' The terms shoot and take are not accidental; they represent an attitude of conquest and appropriation. Only when the photographer grows into perception and creative impulse does the term make define a condition of empathy between the external and the internal events.
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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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I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term - meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching - there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
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Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.
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The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
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I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
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I expect to retire to a fine-grained heaven where the temperatures are always consistent, where the images slide before one's eyes in a continual cascade of form and meaning.
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I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.
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My wife - she could help me get the negs out!
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I usually have an immediate recognition of the potential image, and I have found that too much concern about matters such as conventional composition may take the edge off the first inclusive reaction.