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… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
Memory selects single important images, just as the camera does. In that manner both are able to isolate the highest moments of living. — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
Theres no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept clearly, you… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic wonders back to the people on the East Coast… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
The most interesting parts of the natural world are the edges, places where ocean meets land, meadow meets forest, timberline touches the heights. — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
We mountaineers always live with the feeling that we came on the scene too late. — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions. — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope that next… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement. — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
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… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
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… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
