Ansel Adams
Photographer
1902-02-20 – 1984-04-22
Ansel Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist known for iconic black-and-white images of the American West. He helped define landscape photography in the twentieth century.
Quotes by Ansel Adams
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A photograph is usually looked at- seldom looked into.
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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 great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
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You don't take a photograph, you make it.
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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense and is thereby a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.
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Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural beauty and wonder surrounding him.
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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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Sometimes I arrive just when God's ready to have somone click the shutter.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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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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Sometimes I arrive just when God's ready to have somone click the shutter.
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You don't take a photograph, you make it.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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A photograph is usually looked at- seldom looked into.
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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 great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense and is thereby a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.
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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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Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural beauty and wonder surrounding him.
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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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Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
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