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Ansel Adams
11 quotes
“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 feels about life in its entirety.”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) first seen 1816 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Personal Credo" (1943), published in American Annual of Photography (1944), reprinted in Nathan Lyons, editor, Photographers on Photography (1966), reprinted in Vicki Goldberg, editor, Photography in Print: Writings f…
“I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term — meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching — there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) first seen 1816 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Personal Credo" (1943), published in American Annual of Photography (1944), reprinted in Nathan Lyons, editor, Photographers on Photography (1966), reprinted in Vicki Goldberg, editor, Photography in Print: Writings f…
“The herculean task of a photographer is to capture a momentary frame as beautiful in reality, as it would be in a dream.”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Radio interview, 1972
“For me the future of the image is going to be in electronic form. … You will see perfectly beautiful images on an electronic screen. And I'd say that would be very handsome. They would be almost as close as the best reproductions.”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Paul Hill (March 1975), published in P. Hill & T.J. Cooper (1979), Dialogue with Photography
“I eagerly await new concepts and processes. I believe that the electronic image will be the next major advance. Such systems will have their own inherent and inescapable structural characteristics, and the artist and functional practitioner will again strive to comprehend and control them.”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Negative (1981), introduction to second edition
“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own Government to save the environment.”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph.”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would never apologize for photographing rocks. Rocks can be very beautiful. But, yes, people have asked why I don’t put people into my pictures of the natural scene. I respond, “There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” That usually doesn’t go over at all.”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, in the sense that the negative is like the composer’s score. Then, using that musical analogy, the print is the performance. (Paraphrased as "Film is the score and the print is the performance.")”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied — it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only things in my life that compatibly exist with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.”
Ansel Adams (1902–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source