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
confidence creativity men
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
photography disappointment landscape
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.
art needs critics
I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
photography art ignorance
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
photography photographer remember
We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.
art reality men
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty; the turning out to the light the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit. It is the recreation on another plane of the realities of the world; the tragic and wonderful realities of earth and men, and of all the inter-relations of these.
environmental conservation nature-and-beauty
Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price
photography needs photographer
A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.
photography cameras photographer
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.
photography photographer digital-photography
A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.
inspirational photography creativity
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
stars heart soul
I know that I am one with beauty and that my comrades are one. Let our souls be mountains, Let our spirits be stars, Let our hearts be worlds.
nature fighting government
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
art men quality
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.