There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. Ansel Adams More Quotes by Ansel Adams More Quotes From Ansel Adams I do not think there is any question of photography being an art form! Ansel Adams photography art thinking There still is some opposition to it in some museums and art schools, but I think photography has really grown into a mature art form. Ansel Adams photography art school Photography and photographers have an inevitable development. They progress more or less by steps. Every five or ten years some new point of view is developed and young people are inclined to follow it. Ansel Adams photography views years Photography has escalated almost exponentially! It is a language which covers almost every aspect of communication; factual and expressive. Ansel Adams communication language photography Photographers and artists contribute a lot to the world and have a right to exist in relative security and comfort. Ansel Adams artist comfort world I think photography is being recognized and collected. Its values have certainly gone up and continue to go up. Ansel Adams photography gone thinking Now there is a big turnover in the galleries. The top galleries are getting better all the time. A lot of galleries just struggle along, then a new one comes along. There are certainly a great number of galleries. I think this argues well for the art but there are, of course, a lot of "phonies" in all the arts. Ansel Adams struggle art thinking I've always thought photography was an art form, but it had very low appreciation in the beginning, except for some Europeans, and of course Stieglitz. Stieglitz always considered photography to be an art form and is the "father" of the creative concepts of the twentieth century. Ansel Adams photography appreciation art There is nothing worse then a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. Ansel Adams The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance. Ansel Adams performance composer score negative