“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.”
About This Quote
| Source: This was published in 1948 in the introduction to Ansel Adam's "Portfolio One" | it's also collected in the collection linked above.
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