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> [Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/photography-is-an-austere-and-blazing-poetry-of-the-real/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

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## More by Ansel Adams

> [I know the importance of highly trained awareness of the “moment” and the immediate and intuitive response of the photographer. It should be obvious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/i-know-the-importance-of-highly-trained-awareness-of-the-moment-and/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/it-is-easy-to-take-a-photograph-but-it-is-harder-to-make-a/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [Black and white photography is truly quite a 'departure from reality', and the transition from one aspect of visual magic to another was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/black-and-white-photography-is-truly-quite-a-departure-from-reality/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present. Wilderness is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/wilderness-is-rapidly-becoming-one-of-those-aspects-of-the-american/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/the-single-most-important-component-of-a-camera-is-the-twelve-inches/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [We make images to "honor what is greater and more interesting than we are."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/we-make-images-to-honor-what-is-greater-and-more-interesting-than-we/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [Photographers and artists contribute a lot to the world and have a right to exist in relative security and comfort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/photographers-and-artists-contribute-a-lot-to-the-world-and-have-a/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/there-are-worlds-of-experience-beyond-the-world-of-the-aggressive-man/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term-meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/i-have-often-thought-that-if-photography-were-difficult-in-the-true/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/yosemite-valley-to-me-is-always-a-sunrise-a-glitter-of-green-and/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/to-visualize-an-image-in-whole-or-in-part-is-to-see-clearly-in-the/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/to-the-vast-majority-of-people-a-photograph-is-an-image-of-something/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/photograph-not-only-what-you-see-but-also-what-you-feel/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [“A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense and is thereby a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/a-great-photograph-is-a-full-expression-of-what-one-feels-about-what/)

[Ansel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ansel-adams/)

> [To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/to-photograph-truthfully-and-effectively-is-to-see-beneath-the/)

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