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Ansel Adams
February 20, 1902 - April 22, 1984
Nationality: American
Category: Photographer
Subcategory: American Photographer

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

   

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.

   

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

   

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!

   

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.

    Topics: Art

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

   

Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.

   

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.

   

Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.

   

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

   

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

   

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

   

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.

   

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.

   

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