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

Quote by Ansel Adams

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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 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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

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

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

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall...

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall...

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;...

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come...

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet...

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...