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.
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