3 December 2020 Ansel Adams Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
3 December 2020 Ansel Adams Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
3 December 2020 Ansel Adams In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
3 December 2020 Ansel Adams Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Ansel Adams Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Ansel Adams It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
3 December 2020 Ansel Adams There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
3 December 2020 Ansel Adams A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
3 December 2020 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.