Ansel Adams

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. ”

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance. ”

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways. ”

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. ”

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. ”

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment. ”

A good photograph is knowing where to stand. ”

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. ”

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. ”

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can! ”