You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved. Ansel Adams More Quotes by Ansel Adams More Quotes From Ansel Adams At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer Ansel Adams has been visionary in his efforts to preserve this country's wild and scenic areas, both in film and on Earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature's monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution. It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans. Ansel Adams skills country america I am probably afraid that some spectator will not understand my photography - therefore I proceed to make it really less understandable by writing defensibly about it. Ansel Adams spectators photography writing I am always surprised when I see several cameras, a gaggle on lenses, filters, meters, et cetera, rattling around in a soft bag with a complement of refuse and dust. Sometimes the professional is the worst offender! Ansel Adams cameras dust photography ...one sees differently with color photography than black-and-white... in short, visualization must be modified by the specific nature of the equipment and materials being used. Ansel Adams black-and-white color photography I’m interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without. Ansel Adams built I have often had a retrospective vision where everything in my past life seems to fall with significance into logical sequence. Ansel Adams vision past fall We who are gathered here may represent a particular delete, not of money and power, but of concern for the earth for the earth's sake. Ansel Adams sake earth may Emphasis on technique is justified only so far as it will simplify and clarify the statement of the photographer's concept. Ansel Adams justified technique photographer I believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief. Ansel Adams assessment photography believe All art is the expression of one and the same thing- the relation of the spirit of man to the spirit of other men and to the world. Ansel Adams expression men art In a strict sense photography can never be abstract, for the camera is incapable of synthetic integration. Ansel Adams abstract cameras photography My wife - she could help me get the negs out! Ansel Adams help-me wife helping All art is a vision penetrating the illusions of reality, and photography is one form of this vision and revelation. Ansel Adams photography reality art To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for them to realize that the photograph can be the source of experience, as well as the reflection of spiritual awareness of the world and of self. Ansel Adams photography reflection spiritual The technique of 35mm photography appears simple. One is beguiled by the quick viewing and operation, and by the very questionable inclination to make many pictures with the hope that some will be good. Ansel Adams technique photography simple Knowing what I know now, any photographer worth his salt could make some beautiful things with pinhole cameras. Ansel Adams cameras knowing beautiful While the photos at the D.M.V. (New York) will still be taken in color, the engraving is done in grayscale, hence the Ansel Adams feel. Ansel Adams color taken new-york If you have enough craft, you've done your homework and you're practiced. You can then make the photograph you desire. Ansel Adams crafts done desire You don't take a picture, you make a picture. Ansel Adams The photo-journalist and the photo-poet are both important. The problem is to separate the major objectives of the various groups and not to attribute qualities and intentions where they do not belong. Ansel Adams groups quality important
