Galen Rowell lived from 1940-2002 and was a renowned wildlife and nature photographer. His love of photographing the outdoors came from his love of adventure-especially climbing mountains. He was never formally trained in photography,but began to pursue it full-time in 1972. He began a new take on photography,referred to as adventure photography. Rowell considered himself to be a part of
the landscape,and the landscape part of the adventure. He was not just a mere observer of what was there. Rowell was been considered the Ansel Adams of color photography,having many characteristics in common with him.Rowell's imagery is beautiful-capturing light in a very effective way. Looking at his photographs,the viewer feels like they are either part of the landscape or are actually there.
His talent of composing his subject and bringing out the color in just the right way surely accounts for much of his success. Rowell's images are from all over the world from his travels,but the majority come from the American West.
Interesting work. You mentioned that the photographer considers himself "part of the landscape" How is this so? How is this apparent in his work?
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