From: Chris Barker
I don't know Galen Rowell, but although he is clearly a
well-respected writer and photographer, that piece was pretty
rhetorical. It was entertaining but it was after all only an
expression of his opinion.
Chris, You say you don't know Galen Rowell, but you have captured
him in essence. It's all about his own opinion. He has many of them
and cherishes them and will tell you all about them. I came to his
book "Mountain Light" quite late in the game and really had trouble
getting through it, despite some wonderful photography and great
ideas.
I read both of Ansel Adams' series of books on photography (the old
and the new) about 20 years ago. Much more recently I have read
John Shaw's excellent books. Between the two men's entire oeuvres
there is about 10f the ego found on a single page of Galen Rowell.
That of course has nothing to do with whether he is right or not.
Joel W.
I thought Mountain Light was a good book and I found find his
relating of more of the details of his thought processes when he made
his pictures to be informative, not off-putting.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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