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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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...

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...

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce,...

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce,...

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal...

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal...

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities...

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities...

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder...

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder...

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...

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...

Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.

Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.

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.

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;...

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.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

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;...

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

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...

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,...

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.