“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
“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.” WorldTwoCitiesHalfWeekEventsMountainPhotographyPhotographerMake SenseChaotic 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
“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
“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
“The most interesting parts of the natural world are the edges, places where ocean meets land, meadow meets forest, timberline touches the heights.” WorldNaturalInterestingLandOceanEdgesForestsHeightNatural WorldMost InterestingMeadows Author:Galen Rowell
“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.” KnowsWorldAbleChallengesMountainIntenseClimbingPlaces In The World Author:Galen Rowell
