#photo

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself. ↗

— Berenice Abbott

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As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs. ↗

— Sam Abell

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A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into the world and work and make mistakes. ↗

— Sam Abell

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You don't take a photograph, you make it. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#execution #expression #infinite #interpretation #medium