I remember when an editor at the National Geographic promised to run about a dozen of my landscape pictures from a story on the John Muir trail as an essay, but when the group of editors got together, someone said…

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The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to...

The combination of pictures and words together can be really effective, and I began to...

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 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...

When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it...

When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it...

Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic...

Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic...

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...

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...

My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a...

My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a...

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.

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...

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

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

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not...

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...