All I can do in my writing is to stimulate a certain amount of thought, clarify some technical facts and date my work. But when I preach sharpness, brilliancy, scale, etc., I am just mouthing words, because no words can really describe those terms and qualities it takes the actual print to say, โhere it is.
Ansel AdamsI believe photography is a tool to express our positive assessment of the world. A tool to acquire ultimate happiness and belief.
Ansel AdamsPhotography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
Ansel AdamsToday, 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.
Ansel AdamsI believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder.
Ansel AdamsTo the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for them to realize that the photograph can be the source of experience, as well as the reflection of spiritual awareness of the world and of self.
Ansel Adams