“If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph.”
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Famous Ansel Adams Quotes
“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”
“Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.”
Source: Basic Photo: Artificial-light photography
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.”
Source: Singular images
“Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.”
Source: Ansel Adams: The Spirit of Wild Places
Source: Basic Photo: Natural-light photography
“A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.”
Source: Ansel Adams, photographs 1923-1963
“Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.”
“Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.”
Source: Ansel Adams: photographs
Source: Ansel Adams, photographs 1923-1963
Source: Ansel Adams: photographs
Source: Ansel Adams: photographs
“The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!”
Source: Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
“A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels...”
“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.”
“I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.”