"I can not express in words the meaning of the photos.

Some of my friends can, at very mystical levels.

But I prefer to say that if I feel something intensely, I take a picture,

which is the equivalent of communicating what I see and what I feel.

When I consider myself in a position to take a photo, I think I see clearly, with the eyes of my mind,

something that is not physically there, in the strict sense of the word.

I am interested in expressing things, as they affect our interior, more than what can be extracted directly from the outside. "

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ANSEL ADAMS