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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.
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.
Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
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- Ansel Adams
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- Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Ansel Adams, based on documented lifetime 1902 to 1984. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60809 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60809 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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