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
technique photographer justified
Emphasis on technique is justified only so far as it will simplify and clarify the statement of the photographer's concept.
photography negative moments
A photograph is not an accident - is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative.
photography interesting honor
We make images to "honor what is greater and more interesting than we are."
photography expression photographer
A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels.
glowing land sky
The skies and land are so enormous, and the detail so precise and exquisite that wherever you are you are isolated in a glowing world between the macro and the micro.
photography weather good-photography
Bad weather makes for good photography.
photography dust filters
I am always surprised when I see several cameras, a gaggle on lenses, filters, meters, et cetera, rattling around in a soft bag with a complement of refuse and dust. Sometimes the professional is the worst offender!
photography destiny firsts
I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
photography men giving
It is just as important to bring people the evidence of the beauty of the world of nature and of man as it is to give them a document of ugliness, squalor, and despair.
photography black-and-white color
...one sees differently with color photography than black-and-white... in short, visualization must be modified by the specific nature of the equipment and materials being used.
photography simple technique
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.
photography spiritual reflection
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.
negative score composer
The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance.
creative exist grand human life universe works
The only things in my life that compatibly exist with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.