Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
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We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.
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It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.
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Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.
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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.
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