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Galen Rowell
American Photographer
Born: Aug 23, 1940
Died: Aug 11, 2002
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A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy. Galen Rowell
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The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to realise in my career that unless I wrote my own words, then my message was diluted. Galen Rowell
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I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed. Galen Rowell
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Today, I'm very careful not to mention very specific locations when I write or give captions. Galen Rowell
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I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what I was experiencing when I climbed and explored in Yosemite in the High Sierra. Galen Rowell
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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. Galen Rowell
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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. Galen Rowell
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When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience. Galen Rowell
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I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued. Galen Rowell
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Luckily, many other people tell me how they have had a particular landscape photograph of mine in their office or bedroom for 15 years and it always speaks to them strongly whenever they see it. Galen Rowell
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There's no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept clearly, you need words, too. Galen Rowell
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I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light. Galen Rowell
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I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal vision or doesn't communicate emotion fails. Galen Rowell
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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 equal to what we see out there, but no better. Galen Rowell
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