The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
Ansel AdamsPhotography has escalated almost exponentially! It is a language which covers almost every aspect of communication; factual and expressive.
Ansel AdamsWe either have wild places or we don't. We admit the spiritual-emotional validity of wild, beautiful places or we don't. We have a philosophy of simplicity of experience in these wild places or we don't. We admit an almost religious devotion to the clean exposition of the wild, natural earth or we don't.
Ansel AdamsPhotography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
Ansel Adams