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Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. Ansel Adams
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! Ansel Adams
Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter. Ansel Adams
The negative is comparable to the composer’s score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways. Ansel Adams
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. Ansel Adams
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. Ansel Adams
These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago… I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they in turn seem to be aware of me. Ansel Adams
It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators. Ansel Adams
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment. Ansel Adams
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. Ansel Adams
Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. Ansel Adams
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. Ansel Adams
Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. Ansel Adams
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. Ansel Adams
You don’t take a photograph, you make it. Ansel Adams
A good photograph is knowing where to stand. Ansel Adams
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. Ansel Adams
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. Ansel Adams
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. Ansel Adams
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. Ansel Adams
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. Ansel Adams
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. Ansel Adams
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. Ansel Adams
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