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Famous Ansel Adams Quotes
“To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.”
Source: Ansel Adams, photographs 1923-1963
“The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.”
“It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.”
Source: Ansel Adams: in the Lane Collection
Source: The role of the artist in conservation
Source: Basic Photo: The print: contact printing and enlarging
“I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.”
Source: Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
“I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder.”
Source: Ansel Adams: The Spirit of Wild Places
Source: Ansel Adams: in the Lane Collection
“The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.”
Source: The role of the artist in conservation
Source: Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
Source: Ansel Adams, photographs 1923-1963