Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adamswas an American photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, have been widely reproduced on calendars, posters, and books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth20 February 1902
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Ansel Adams quotes about
photography interesting honor
We make images to "honor what is greater and more interesting than we are."
photography writing spectators
I am probably afraid that some spectator will not understand my photography - therefore I proceed to make it really less understandable by writing defensibly about it.
fall past vision
I have often had a retrospective vision where everything in my past life seems to fall with significance into logical sequence.
intense-moments people cameras
The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life.
wind yellow light
We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.
photograph feels
Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.
beautiful knowing salt
Knowing what I know now, any photographer worth his salt could make some beautiful things with pinhole cameras.
You don't take a picture, you make a picture.
desire done crafts
If you have enough craft, you've done your homework and you're practiced. You can then make the photograph you desire.
character dedication practice
I know the importance of highly trained awareness of the “moment” and the immediate and intuitive response of the photographer. It should be obvious to all that photographers whose images possess character and quality have attained them only by continued practice and total dedication to the medium.
discovery world helping
Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural beauty and wonder surrounding him.
photography art reality
All art is a vision penetrating the illusions of reality, and photography is one form of this vision and revelation.
spiritual emotional sea
As the fisherman depends upon the rivers, lakes and seas and the farmer upon the land for his existence, so does mankind in general depend upon the beauty of the world about him for his spiritual and emotional existence.
new-york taken color
While the photos at the D.M.V. (New York) will still be taken in color, the engraving is done in grayscale, hence the Ansel Adams feel.