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
nature climbing silence
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.
life nature creative
The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
environmental conservation nature-and-beauty
Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price
nature fighting government
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
nature woods today
Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.
beautiful nature believe
I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
ask convey eyes move perceptive personal print reactions simply statement subject trust visualize
Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream? Can I visualize a print - my own personal statement of what I feel and want to convey - from the subject before me?
photography expression photographer
A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels.
meaningful feelings growing
Ask yourself, 'Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?' Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful.
photography cameras abstract
In a strict sense photography can never be abstract, for the camera is incapable of synthetic integration.
photography destiny firsts
I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.
art men expression
All art is the expression of one and the same thing- the relation of the spirit of man to the spirit of other men and to the world.
found-objects doubt world
I never know in advance what I will photograph,...I Go Out into the World and Hope I Will come across something that Imperatively interests me. I Am Addicted to the Found object. I have No doubt that I Will Continue to make Photographs till my last Breath.
photography men giving
It is just as important to bring people the evidence of the beauty of the world of nature and of man as it is to give them a document of ugliness, squalor, and despair.