10 Ansel Adams Quotes I Shoot By
“Ask yourself: “Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream?” – Ansel Adams
“A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.” – Ansel Adams
“Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.” – Ansel Adams
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” – Ansel Adams
“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” – 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
“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
“A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.” – Ansel Adams
“A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.” – Ansel Adams
“I never know in advance what I will photograph, … I go out into the world and hope I will come across something that imperatively interests me. I am addicted to the found object. I have no doubt that I will continue to make photographs till my last breath.” – Ansel Adams
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Photograph something today. Share it with me. I want to see what you see.
