Environmental Quote by Galen Rowell

“There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement.”

Galen Rowell

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (5 ratings)

More by Galen Rowell

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

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

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

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

Image

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

Galen Rowell

Image

We mountaineers always live with the feeling that we came on the scene too late.

Galen Rowell

Image

Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions.

Galen Rowell

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

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

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

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

Image

And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw.

Galen Rowell

Image

Explore all 32 Galen Rowell quotes

More Environmental quotes

I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I…

Roz Savage

Image

A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled…

Edward Abbey

Image

For me, the term "psychotherapy" is limiting. It implies that we work with mind and emotions, but excludes the body and pays scant attention…

Jed Diamond

Image

All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.

Kofi Annan

Image

A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues.

Judith Rodin

Image

The trees reflected in the river - they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Image

I've developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for…

Maurice Strong

Image

Canada is the worst polluter in the world right now. There's absolutely no sign on a federal level that there's going to be any…

Owen Pallett

Image

Smog is affecting larger parts of China, and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is natures red-light warning against the model of…

Li Keqiang

Image

It is important to allow a broad debate on energy and climate. We must urgently explore realistic ways to address the different scientific, technical…

Lennart Bengtsson