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.

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

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

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the...

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the...

I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what...

I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what...

I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and...

I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and...

Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs...

Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs...

The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just...

The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just...

A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have...

A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have...

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

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

One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real...

One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real...

Luckily, many other people tell me how they have had a particular landscape photograph of...

Luckily, many other people tell me how they have had a particular landscape photograph of...

I'm exchanging molecules every 30 days with the natural world and in a spiritual sense...

I'm exchanging molecules every 30 days with the natural world and in a spiritual sense...

There's no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if...

There's no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if...

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

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

If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on...

If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on...

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever...

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever...

And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked...

And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked...

I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not...

I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not...

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

My first thought is always of light.

My first thought is always of light.

I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen...

I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen...