(44 quotes found)
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
Ansel Adams
“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.”
“Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.”
“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”
“There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept.”
“Our lives at times seem a study in contrast... love & hate, birth & death, right & wrong... everything seen in absolutes of black & white. Too often we are not aware that it is the shades of grey that add depth & meaning to the starkness of those extremes.”
“A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.”
“You don't take a photograph, you make it.”
“A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.”
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
