Quote by: Ansel Adams

When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.


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Author Bio


  • NameAnsel Adams
  • DescriptionAmerican photographer and environmentalist
  • BornFebruary 20, 1902
  • DiedApril 22, 1984
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPhotographer; Pianist; Writer; Mountaineer
  • WorksMoonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Hasselblad Award; Presidential Medal Of Freedom