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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. He and Fred Archer developed a system of image-making called the Zone System, a method of achieving a desired final print through a technical understanding of how the tonal range of an image is the result of choices made in exposure, negative development, and printing.

Quotes from Ansel Adams

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

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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

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You don't take a photograph, you make it.

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

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 entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching—there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.

A photograph is usually looked at—seldom looked into.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

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There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.

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

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.