There's no question that ph... by Galen Rowell, an American Photographer

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“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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Galen Rowell

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Name: Galen Rowell

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Aug 23, 1940

Date of Death: Aug 11, 2002

Profession: Photographer

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

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And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw.

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I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what I was experiencing when I climbed and explored in Yosemite in the High Sierra.

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My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely a bit different than that of most photographers.

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