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> [Photography has escalated almost exponentially! It is a language which covers almost every aspect of communication; factual and expressive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/photography-has-escalated-almost-exponentially-it-is-a-language-which/)

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

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> [Both the grand and the intimate aspects of nature can be revealed in the expressive photograph. Both can stir enduring affirmations and discoveries, and can surely help the spectator in his search for identification with the vast world of natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ansel-adams/both-the-grand-and-the-intimate-aspects-of-nature-can-be-revealed-in/)

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

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## Other authors on Expressive

## 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/)

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

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