“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.” WorldHumansSometimesEyeRealizingDifferencesPowerfulPhotographyCamerasPhotographHuman EyesCamera And Photography Author:Galen Rowell
“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.” WorldBookTogetherDesireInterestMountainPhotographyCamerasPhotographerDevotionIntenseBurningWildernessMentorBurning Desire 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
“Memory selects single important images, just as the camera does. In that manner both are able to isolate the highest moments of living.” DoeImportantMomentsAbleMemoriesPhotographyHighestCameras Author:Galen Rowell
“Small, portable digital cameras that exceed the performance of an off-the-shelf Nikon using 35mm slide film are further away from current reality than the proposed NASA manned Mars mission, although I expect both to happen sometime during my lifetime.” RealityHappensFilmPerformancesCamerasLifetimeCurrentsMissionsDigitalMarsShelvesSlidesExceedNasaDigital CamerasNikon Author:Galen Rowell
