Ansel Adams
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
You don't take a photograph, you make it.
Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.
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.
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
Not everybody trusts paintings, but people believe photographs.
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.
A good photograph is knowing where to stand.
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.