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Ansel Adams Quotes

American - Photographer | February 20, 1902 - April 22, 1984

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

People Picture Photographer Always

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

Focus Words Silence Become Content

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

Perception Photography Powerful

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

Government Fight Environmental Own

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.

Nature Sunrise Space Me Green Stone

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

Art You Photograph Take Make

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

Words True Need Photograph Explained

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.

Confidence Men Man Creative Create

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

Good Stand Knowing Photograph Where

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

Disappointment Photography Landscape

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!

Soul Camera Alive Photograph Arts

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.

Performance Negative Score Print

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