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

Quote by Ansel Adams

Topics: Ansel Adams Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

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.

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...

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

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...

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe 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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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,...