Perfect Image with Fuzzy Concept

From Weekly I/O#107


"There's nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept" — Ansel Adams

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Beautiful slide decks with no real message. Articles with stylish wordplay that say nothing. We’ve all seen it.

American photographer Ansel Adams said those are brilliant images of fuzzy concepts. When you focus solely on the form and don't think about the substance, the work becomes soulless.

I first learned about Ansel's work from his 1960 Moon Over Half Dome:

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