To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.
Ansel Adams
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More quotes by Ansel Adams
- You don't take a photograph, you make it.
- Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
- There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
- Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
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