A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
More Quotes from Ansel Adams:
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.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
Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
Ansel Adams
If photography were difficult in the true sense . . . that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output.
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
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being
Ansel Adams
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