Photograph Quote by Ansel Adams

They seldom looked happy. They passed one another without a word in the elevator, like silent shades in hell, hell-bent on their next look…

— Andrew Holleran

“A photograph is usually the photographer’s subconscious attempted to possess the photographed moment.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.

— 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…

— 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…

— Ansel Adams

Photograph not only what you see but also what you feel.

— 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…

— 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…

— Ansel Adams

The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!

— 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…

— 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…

— Ansel Adams

Stop and go: always on some journey. My bounty is a photograph or two.

— Sylvia Plachy