Ansel Adams
Ansel AdamsFreedom of the press is essential to democracy, and a press that decides to do less than to subject governmental action to the bar of opinion so that it does not fall into complacency, irresponsiveness and irresponsibility reneges on its responsibility and fails to contribute adequately to the democratic process.
A Photograph is unable to be explained if it is a true photograph. Nor can it be contained in words.
The Photograph is a thing in which there are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.
The Photograph is best when driven by a concept — there is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
The Photographic negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance.
Yosemite is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
