Breathe New Life into your Photography with these 12 Ansel Adams Quotes

Guess what my calendar contains hanging on my kitchen wall? Each month has a breathtaking black and white landscape photograph that is the signature trademark of Ansel Adams. He was born on February 20, 1902 and became one of the world's most celebrated photographers. He employed unique techniques to capture various scenes of the American landscape. Let's celebrate the birth and life of this amazing American artist with these 12 Ansel Adams quotes.

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

2. "In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice."

3. "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment."

4. "Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit."

5. "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."

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

7. “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”

8. “No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.”

9. "The quality of place, the reaction to immediate contact with earth and growing things that have a fugal relationship with mountains and sky, is essential to the integrity of our existence on this planet."

10. "I expect to retire to a fine-grained heaven where the temperatures are always consistent, where the images slide before ones eyes in a continual cascade of form and meaning."

11. "Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum."

12. "Ask yourself, 'Why am I seeing and feeling this? How am I growing? What am I learning?' Remember: Every coincidence is potentially meaningful. How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level."

Hope you've been given a new perspective and even a little instruction on photography from one of the world's greatest artists. Are you inspired to grab your camera and get shooting after reading these 12 Ansel Adams quotes? Good luck!

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