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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!
Ansel Adams
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Ansel Adams
Age: 82 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 20
Died: 1984
Died: April 22
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Ansel Easton Adams
Ansel Easton Adams II
Ansel E. Adams
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The technique of 35mm photography appears simple. One is beguiled by the quick viewing and operation, and by the very questionable inclination to make many pictures with the hope that some will be good.
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Now there is a big turnover in the galleries. The top galleries are getting better all the time. A lot of galleries just struggle along, then a new one comes along. There are certainly a great number of galleries. I think this argues well for the art but there are, of course, a lot of phonies in all the arts.
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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life.
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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
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The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance.
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I have often had a retrospective vision where everything in my past life seems to fall with significance into logical sequence.
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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.
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It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.
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To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for them to realize that the photograph can be the source of experience, as well as the reflection of spiritual awareness of the world and of self.
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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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