The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to realise in my career that unless I wrote my own words, then my message was diluted. Galen Rowell begincareercombination Change image and share on social
I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued. Galen Rowell generallandscapephotography Change image and share on social
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. Galen Rowell bearbigcling Change image and share on social
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 dozeneditoressay share on social
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. Galen Rowell equalfightforever Change image and share on social
There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement. Galen Rowell environmentalmajormovement Change image and share on social
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 challengefeaturefind Change image and share on social