I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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'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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

My first thought is always of light.

My first thought is always of light.

I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that...

I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that...

I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my...

I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my...

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...

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...

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...