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

Quote by Ansel Adams

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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,...

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

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

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

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.

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;...

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...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations...

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations...

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...

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

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...

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at...

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at...

It is by no means improbable that some future textbook, for the use of generations...

It is by no means improbable that some future textbook, for the use of generations...

The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.

The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.