A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.

Quote by Ansel Adams

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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative...

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative...

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on...

These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on...

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while...

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while...

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

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.

We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into...

We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into...

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

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

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

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

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

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on...

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on...

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the...

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the...

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.

When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my...

When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.