Quotes by Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams was a landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.

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You don't take a photograph, you make it.

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I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!

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Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

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The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

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