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 keys crafts
The craft of photography is the key to good images.
art self design
Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique - these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .
photography simple effort
I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term-meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching-there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
notebook photography photographer
Notebook. No photographer should be without one!
fighting destiny men
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
photography years twelve
Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
art eye oneness
Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.
life nature creative
The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
photography art soul
I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!
photography mistake burning
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
photography years spinning-plates
These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they in turn seem to be aware of me.
art negative way
The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
photography world may
It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
ocean rocks feelings
The whole world is, to me, very much "alive" - all the little growing things, even the rocks. I can't look at a swell bit of grass and earth, for instance, without feeling the essential life - the things going on - within them. The same goes for a mountain, or a bit of the ocean, or a magnificent piece of old wood.