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Title: Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape by Galen A. Rowell ISBN: 0-87156-367-3 Publisher: Sierra Club Books Pub. Date: October, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: beautiful book, I liked the text
Comment: The most negative review here is by someone who liked the pictures but hated what the reviewer saw as a demonstration of Rowell's ego in the text. I liked the text and enjoyed the detailed stories that went along with each picture. The text does involve Rowell talking about what he thought at the time he took the pictures, but I didn't view it as an unwarranted ego trip, the pictures are beautiful and Rowell need not be apologetic about having taken them.
Having said that, the book will do next to nothing for most amateur photographers as far as teaching them skills, a lot of the photographs in circumstances unlikely to be encountered by the weekend photographer. I guess the major take away is: find a good composition and wait for dusk, or dawn.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow!
Comment: Galen Rowell's "Mountain Light" teaches beginning, intermediate and even advanced landscape photographers more about "seeing" than any other landscape photography book I have read. Unlike many other great photographers who cannot explain their craft with great clarity (including the incomparable Henri Cartier-Bresson who simply says it is "geometry"), Rowell is articulate and explains what he is doing technically, but more important artistically. Rowell has often been compared to the American landscape portrait artist Thomas Cole--but Thomas Cole on his best day could never have produced the quality of art that Galen Rowell gives to us every day. A lot of books can teach you technique; Rowell shows technique as a part of art. The art drives the technique and not the other way around. Everyone can learn something useful from this book. A tour de force.
Rating: 5
Summary: Inspiring Photography and Insightful Guidance
Comment: This book is a masterpiece. Galen Rowell adores the natural world and it shows. The collection of images is the most inspiring I have ever seen. It could only have been made by someone who spends a lot of time in the wild and loves that world. The narratives explain the thinking behind each image, from the artistic, geographic and technical perspectives that went into making it. For anyone interested in photograghing nature, this book is a must!
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Title: Galen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor Photography by Galen A. Rowell, Galen Rowell ISBN: 039304985X Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 18 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Galen Rowell's Vision: The Art of Adventure Photography by Galen A. Rowell ISBN: 0871563576 Publisher: Sierra Club Books Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide by John Shaw ISBN: 0817440593 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: John Shaw's Closeups in Nature by John Shaw ISBN: 0817440526 Publisher: Amphoto Pub. Date: October, 1987 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: John Shaw's Landscape Photography by John Shaw ISBN: 081743710X Publisher: Amphoto Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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