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.

Quote by Galen Rowell

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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...

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...

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...

My first thought is always of light.

My first thought is always of light.

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...

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...

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...

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...