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A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

Ansel Adams

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Ansel Adams
Age: 82 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 20
Died: 1984
Died: April 22
Environmentalist
Mountaineer
Photographer
Pianist
University Teacher
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Ansel Easton Adams
Ansel Easton Adams II
Ansel E. Adams
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The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
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The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
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The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
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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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Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
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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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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.
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My last word s that it all depends on what you visualize.
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How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level.
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All I can do in my writing is to stimulate a certain amount of thought, clarify some technical facts and date my work. But when I preach sharpness, brilliancy, scale, etc., I am just mouthing words, because no words can really describe those terms and qualities it takes the actual print to say, “here it is.
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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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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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