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 eye sight
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.
notebook photography photographer
Notebook. No photographer should be without one!
photography negative score
The negative is the score, and the print the performance.
nature climbing silence
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
photography powerful communication
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
desire done crafts
If you have enough craft, you've done your homework and you're practiced. You can then make the photograph you desire.
intense-moments people cameras
The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life.
photograph feels
Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
wind yellow light
We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.
photography gratitude appreciation
The dismal half-baked images of the average "reportage" and "documentary" photography are self dammning... the slick manner, the slightly obscure significance, the esoteric fear of simple beauty for its own sake - I am deeply concerned with these manifestations of decay. Gene Smith's work validates my most vigorous convictions that if the documentary photographs is to be truly effective it must contain elements of art, intensity, fine craft and spirituality. All these his work contains and we may turn to his work with gratitude, appreciation and great respect.
prosperity best-picture corners
The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity.
photography believe assessment
I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.
found-objects doubt world
I never know in advance what I will photograph,...I Go Out into the World and Hope I Will come across something that Imperatively interests me. I Am Addicted to the Found object. I have No doubt that I Will Continue to make Photographs till my last Breath.
photography eye thinking
When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.