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Galen Rowell Quotes

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I’ve ever done. It’s a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light Picture Quote #1

My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely a bit different than that of most photographers Picture Quote #1

I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn’t have a personal vision or doesn’t communicate emotion fails Picture Quote #1

I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing Picture Quote #1

The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I’m searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible Picture Quote #1

I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen of my landscape pictures from a story on the John Muir trail as an essay, but when the group of editors got together, someone said that my pictures looked like postcards Picture Quote #1

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I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what I was experiencing when I climbed and explored in Yosemite in the High Sierra Picture Quote #1

I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a ‘record shot’. My first thought is always of light Picture Quote #1

There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement Picture Quote #1

We mountaineers always live with the feeling that we came on the scene too late Picture Quote #1

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued Picture Quote #1

My first thought is always of light Picture Quote #1

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What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I’m not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I’m not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world Picture Quote #1

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I’ve ever done. It’s a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light Picture Quote #1

And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw Picture Quote #1

The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I’m searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible Picture Quote #1

Theres no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept clearly, you need words, too Picture Quote #1

Today, I’m very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions Picture Quote #1

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I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed Picture Quote #1

Often when I walked alone in the mountains, I tried to make sense out of the two halves of my life. What went on in the city during the week seemed chaotic and unrelated to the events in my mountain world Picture Quote #1

I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed Picture Quote #1

My interest in photography did not begin with books or mentors, or with any burning desire to see the world through a camera. It evolved from an intense devotion to mountains and wilderness that eventually shaped all the parts of my life and brought them together Picture Quote #1

My advice for climbers or photographers is to really tune into your own passions and not just what other people are doing or aren’t doing. Figure out what works for you, what turns you on, what gives you the greatest amount of energy and feeling of satisfaction Picture Quote #1

When I go to the mountains, I intuitively know my place in the world much better through these experiences. The more intense they are, the better I know myself, and the more I am able to challenge myself Picture Quote #1

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The most interesting parts of the natural world are the edges, places where ocean meets land, meadow meets forest, timberline touches the heights Picture Quote #1

When the magic hour arrives, my thoughts center on light rather than on the landscape. I search for perfect light, then hunt for something earthbound to match with it Picture Quote #1

You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn’t waste either Picture Quote #1

Memory selects single important images, just as the camera does. In that manner both are able to isolate the highest moments of living Picture Quote #1

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I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I’ve ever done. It’s a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light. (Galen Rowell Quotes) My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely a bit different than that of most photographers. (Galen Rowell Quotes) I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn’t have a personal vision or doesn’t communicate emotion fails. (Galen Rowell Quotes) I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing. (Galen Rowell Quotes) The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I’m searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible. (Galen Rowell Quotes) I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen of my landscape pictures from a story on the John Muir trail as an essay, but when the group of editors got together, someone said that my pictures looked like postcards (Galen Rowell Quotes) I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what I was experiencing when I climbed and explored in Yosemite in the High Sierra (Galen Rowell Quotes) I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a ‘record shot’. My first thought is always of light (Galen Rowell Quotes) There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement (Galen Rowell Quotes) We mountaineers always live with the feeling that we came on the scene too late (Galen Rowell Quotes) I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued (Galen Rowell Quotes) My first thought is always of light (Galen Rowell Quotes) What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I’m not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I’m not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world (Galen Rowell Quotes) I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I’ve ever done. It’s a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light (Galen Rowell Quotes) And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw (Galen Rowell Quotes) The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I’m searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible (Galen Rowell Quotes) Theres no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept clearly, you need words, too (Galen Rowell Quotes) Today, I’m very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions (Galen Rowell Quotes) I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed (Galen Rowell Quotes) Often when I walked alone in the mountains, I tried to make sense out of the two halves of my life. What went on in the city during the week seemed chaotic and unrelated to the events in my mountain world (Galen Rowell Quotes) I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed (Galen Rowell Quotes) My interest in photography did not begin with books or mentors, or with any burning desire to see the world through a camera. It evolved from an intense devotion to mountains and wilderness that eventually shaped all the parts of my life and brought them together (Galen Rowell Quotes) My advice for climbers or photographers is to really tune into your own passions and not just what other people are doing or aren’t doing. Figure out what works for you, what turns you on, what gives you the greatest amount of energy and feeling of satisfaction (Galen Rowell Quotes) When I go to the mountains, I intuitively know my place in the world much better through these experiences. The more intense they are, the better I know myself, and the more I am able to challenge myself (Galen Rowell Quotes) The most interesting parts of the natural world are the edges, places where ocean meets land, meadow meets forest, timberline touches the heights (Galen Rowell Quotes) When the magic hour arrives, my thoughts center on light rather than on the landscape. I search for perfect light, then hunt for something earthbound to match with it (Galen Rowell Quotes) You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn’t waste either (Galen Rowell Quotes) Memory selects single important images, just as the camera does. In that manner both are able to isolate the highest moments of living (Galen Rowell Quotes)