Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adamswas an American photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, have been widely reproduced on calendars, posters, and books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth20 February 1902
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
photography photographer remember
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.
photography art ignorance
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
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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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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.
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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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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.
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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
confidence creativity men
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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Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.
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Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
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The next time you pick up a camera think of it not as an inflexible and automated robot, but as a flexible instrument which you must understand to properly use. An electronic and optical miracle creates nothing on its own! Whatever beauty and excitement it can represent exist in your mind and spirit to begin with.
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We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion.
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Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.