“Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions.” GivingWritingTodayArtistCarefulLocationCaption Author:Galen Rowell
“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.” ArtistPowerfulPersonalityLandscapePortraitsAngleBeing There Author:Galen Rowell
“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.” ThinkingNeedsFirstsMeanLightArtistAnimalRecordsMountainPhotographyShotsCamerasPhotographerPhotographLandscape Author:Galen Rowell
“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.” IfsWantNeedsArtistTalkingConceptsComplexesPhotographCommunicate Author:Galen Rowell
“If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on the minus side of things, working only too make our photographs equal to what we see out there, but no better.” IfsWorldRealArtistFightingSidesVisionForeverLimitsEqualPhotographReal WorldMinusFighting On Author:Galen Rowell
“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.” ImportantDifferentArtistBitsSkillsAddPhotographerPhotographComponentsMountaineering Author:Galen Rowell
“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.” ThinkingWorldBelieveDoeArtistViewsBrainSupportSeeingScientistVisualsConstructsImageryCognitiveVisual Imagery Author:Galen Rowell
“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.” PeopleWorldShowsAbleArtistNaturalBootsNatural WorldTaking PicturesSierraYosemite Author:Galen Rowell
“At the heart of all photography is an urge to express our deepest personal feelings - to reveal our inner, hidden selves, to unlock the artist. Those of us who become photographers are never satisfied with just looking at someone else's expression of something that is dear to us. We must produce our own images, instead of buying postcards and photo books. We seek to make our own statements of individuality.” HeartBookSelfFeelingsArtistProduceExpressionPhotographyPhotographerDearIndividualitySatisfiedStatementsBuyingUrgesPostcardsPersonal Feelings Author:Galen Rowell
