Galen Rowell Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely a bit different than that of most photographers.”

“I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing.”

“My first thought is always of light.”

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

“What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world.”

“I'm exchanging molecules every 30 days with the natural world and in a spiritual sense I know I am a part of it and take my photographs from that emotional feeling within me, rather than from an emotional distance as a spectator.”

“The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images.”

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

“These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message.”

“When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience.”