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Ansel Adams

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Ansel Adams Quotes

Total quotes: 3

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Ansel Adams

Birthname

AKA: Ansel Adams

Birthday: February 20, 1902

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, US

Death: April 22, 1984

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: University Teacher, Pianist, Mountaineer, Photographer, Writer

Total quotes: 3

“A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby a true expression of what one feel about life in its entirety.”

— Ansel Adams, A Personal Credo

Tagged: Photography, Art

“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, Photographers on Photography: A Critical Anthology

Tagged: Photography, Seeing Beneath The Surface, Deep Viewing

“The 'machine-gun' approach to photography — by which many negatives are made with the hope that one will be good — is fatal to serious results.”

— Ansel Adams, A Personal Credo

Tagged: Photography, Taking A lot of Photos, Image Making

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