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Photography is more than a medium for factual...

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, photography, communication, magic

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, photography, infinite

I am probably afraid that some spectator will not understand my photography - therefore I proceed to make it really less understandable by writing defensibly about it.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, photography, writing

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

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

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, rules, good, good luck

At the age of 13, I found in the attic a case filled with chemicals, remainders of an uncle who died in 1923 and was, as a metallurgical engineer, interested in chemistry and photography.

Quote by Richard Ernst about photography, age, olderness

I thought it was astounding that a woman was censured for...

I thought it was astounding that a woman was censured for wanting to just take up photography. I thought, my, how the world has changed.

Quote by Glenn Close about photography, thinking, woman, world

I've got a great collection of photography.

I've got a great collection of photography.

Quote by Elton John about photography

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, good, good luck

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one...

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, common sense, sense, being

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be...

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, word, need

Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural...

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, miracle, help, beauty, nature, world

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I...

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!

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, soul

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.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, ability, good, good luck, chance, common sense, sense, mind

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the...

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, photography, tests

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, faith, people

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.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, reality, revelation, thinking, spirit, love

There are always two people in every picture: the...

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, people

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, humanity, nature, things

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...

Quote by Ansel Adams about art, word

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