“Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic wonders back to the people on the East Coast of America we have had a North American tradition of landscape photography used for the environment.” PeopleAmericaUsedWonderEnvironmentPhotographyTraditionWestPhotographerPhotographEastLandscapeCoastEast CoastAmerican TraditionAmerican WestLandscape PhotographyScenic Author:Galen Rowell
“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
“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
“One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope that next time his film will somehow bear a closer resemblance to it...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.” IfsWorldLooksRealFilmFightingNextSidesMistakeVisionForeverBearsLimitsEqualPhotographyPhotographerPhotographVainReal WorldNext TimeResemblanceMinusBiggest MistakeFighting On 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 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.” FeelsStrongEmotionVisionFailingPhotographyPhotographCommunicateStrong PersonPersonal Vision Author:Galen Rowell
