United States, Photographer August 23, 1940 – August, 11, 2002.
Galen Avery Rowell (August 23, 1940 – August 11, 2002) was a wilderness photographer, adventure photojounalist and climber. Born in Oakland, California, he became a full-time photographer in 1972.
Also known as Mountaineer, Rock Climber
Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic wonders back to the people on the East Coast of America we have had a North American tradition of landscape photography used for the environment.
If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on the minus side of things, working only too make our photographs equal to what we see out there, but no better.
There's no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept clearly, you need words, too.
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