In some [photographs] the essence of light and space dominate; in others, the substance of rock and wood, and the luminous insistence of growing things....It is my intention to present — through the medium of photography — intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to spectators...
在某些照片裡面、光線及空間這兩個元素主導了一切;而在其他照片中,主導的是如岩石及木頭等物質、也可能是成長中的萬物所散發出來的堅毅… 我的出發點是 — 透過攝影這媒介 — 呈現出那些對賞圖者有所意義的自然世界的直覺觀察。
~Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams: Photographs by Wings Books