A small vintage box camera stands on a brass tripod with exposed coloured wires and dangling gears.

Original artwork, not a still

Ansel Adams

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Photography isn't just pointing and clicking, Adams says. Making a picture means choosing, shaping and building it with intention. The camera is only the tool, and the photographer is the one who actually creates the image.

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