I like to feel that all my ... by Galen Rowell, an American Photographer

Galen Rowell Quotes

“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.”

48% of people like this quote

Galen Rowell

Author details

Name: Galen Rowell

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Aug 23, 1940

Date of Death: Aug 11, 2002

Profession: Photographer

Other Galen Rowell Quotes

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

Galen Rowell

61% of people like this quote

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

Galen Rowell

59% of people like this quote

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

57% of people like this quote

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.

Galen Rowell

55% of people like this quote

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.

Galen Rowell

55% of people like this quote

View all Galen Rowell quotes