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. — 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 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… — Galen Rowell Copy Share
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
