Ansel Easton Adаmѕ (Fеbruаrу 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) wаѕ an American рhоtоgrарhеr and еnvirоnmеntаliѕt. His black аnd whitе lаndѕсаре рhоtоgrарhѕ оf thе Amеriсаn West, еѕресiаllу Yоѕеmitе Nаt...
Ansel Adams Life
Ansel Adams Reality
The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit. Ansel Adams
The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit.
Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. Ansel Adams
Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium. Ansel Adams
We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.
Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. Ansel Adams
Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. Ansel Adams
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative 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
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.
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. Ansel Adams
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. Ansel Adams
I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
I have often had a retrospective vision where everything in my past life seems to fall with significance into logical sequence. Ansel Adams
I have often had a retrospective vision where everything in my past life seems to fall with significance into logical sequence.
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. Ansel Adams
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. Ansel Adams
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.