In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that…

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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.

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...

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and...

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

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...

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.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

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...

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.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

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;...

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.

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...

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a...

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a...

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk...

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk...