Trained as a musician, [photographer Ansel] Adams understood the richness of variation that could be unfolded from a simple theme.
John SzarkowskiWhatever else a photograph may be about, it is inevitably about photography, the container and vehicle of all its meanings.
John SzarkowskiPhotography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere.
John Szarkowski