Quote

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.

Ansel Adams

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Found
Reactions
May
Edges
Firsts
Recognition
Inclusive
Matter
Potential
Composition
First
Matters
Immediate
Take
Image
Reaction
Much
Concern
Conventional
Usually
Edge

More quotes by Ansel Adams

Image
Bad weather makes for good photography.
Ansel Adams
Image
We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
Ansel Adams
Image
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
Ansel Adams
Image
The camera cannot, but the photographer can.
Ansel Adams
Image
I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.
Ansel Adams
Image
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.
Ansel Adams
Image
The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life.
Ansel Adams
Image
We who are gathered here may represent a particular delete, not of money and power, but of concern for the earth for the earth's sake.
Ansel Adams
Image
In a strict sense photography can never be abstract, for the camera is incapable of synthetic integration.
Ansel Adams
Image
The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.
Ansel Adams
Image
I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.
Ansel Adams
Image
A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.
Ansel Adams
Image
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
Ansel Adams
Image
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.
Ansel Adams
Image
We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.
Ansel Adams
Image
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.
Ansel Adams
Image
Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
Ansel Adams
Image
Photographers and artists contribute a lot to the world and have a right to exist in relative security and comfort.
Ansel Adams
Image
Black and white photography is truly quite a 'departure from reality', and the transition from one aspect of visual magic to another was not as complete as many imagine.
Ansel Adams
Image
The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
Ansel Adams