#photograph

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been. ↗

— Diane Arbus

#photography

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know. ↗

— Peter Gasser

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A stone has been cast into the reliable immutable pond of the past, and as the ripples subside everything appears different. The reflections are quite other; everything has swung and shattered, it is all beyond recovery ↗

— Penelope Lively

#the-photograph #recovery

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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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! ↗

— Ansel Adams

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

— Ansel Adams

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Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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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

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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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