The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.
More Quotes from 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
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
Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
Ansel Adams
I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning 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. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
Ansel Adams
There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept.
Ansel Adams
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
Ansel Adams
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