Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.
Ansel AdamsThis profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture.
Ansel AdamsPhotography has escalated almost exponentially! It is a language which covers almost every aspect of communication; factual and expressive.
Ansel AdamsIt is increasingly clear to me that my art relates more and more to a sublimation of my closeness to the natural world, it's events, light itself, and the positive it is a personal expression based on observation and reaction, that I am not able to define except in terms of the work itself.
Ansel Adams