To the complaint, 'There are no people in these photographs, ' I respond, There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.

Ansel Adams
Some Similar Quotes
  1. Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second. - Marc Riboud

  2. The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. - Dorothea Lange

  3. When I look at my old pictures, all I can see is what I used to be but am no longer. I think: What I can see is what I am not. - Aleksandar Hemon

  4. Sometimes I arrive just when God's ready to have somone click the shutter. - Ansel Adams

  5. A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity. - George Bernard Shaw

More Quotes By Ansel Adams
  1. In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

  2. Sometimes I arrive just when God's ready to have somone click the shutter.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 beauty and wonder surrounding him.

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

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