And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw. — 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… — 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
A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy. — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a… — 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… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
At the heart of all photography is an urge to express our deepest personal feelings - to reveal our inner, hidden selves,… — 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… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on the minus side of things, working only… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what I was experiencing when I climbed and… — 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… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
When the light is right and everything is working for me, I feel as tense as when making a difficult maneuver high… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
There's no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
Often when I walked alone in the mountains, I tried to make sense out of the two halves of my life. What… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
My interest in photography did not begin with books or mentors, or with any burning desire to see the world through a… — Galen Rowell Copy Share Image
My advice for climbers or photographers is to really tune into your own passions and not just what other people are doing… — 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
