Galen Rowell's Sierra Nevada
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (646 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1578051630 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A must have for your library" according to Wendy Delsol. All I can say is Wow! Stunning photography. Spectacular colors. It makes you want to chuck it all and spend the rest of your life in the Sierra Nevadas chasing light. (If you're looking for more of a how to, pick up his Mountain Light book. Very well written, just the right amount of technical info, blended with great story telling. What a life!). one of the finest photo image books I own elgreco Admittedly, I really like the eastern Sierra Nevada area down highway 395. This book encapsulates the area's topography and atmosphere in a most majestic way. The images are, of course, stunning and unlike anyone else's. The text is pure Rowell. If you like the high desert motif, this is a must item for your photo book collection. Better still, visit the gallery in Bishop, CA, which houses many of these images. If you like Rowell'. Great Pictures of a Beautiful Section of Country Amazon Customer I bought this for a friend who is shut in following surgery, and appreciates creation that he can no longer currently hike in. The scenes, choice of varied and ideal lighting, and narrative are touching to the heart and peaceful to contemplate. I hope he enjoys them as much as my wife and I did in looking at the pictures prior to passing it along as a gift.
Yet he always returned to the land where he started out, both as an adventurer and a photographer: California’s Sierra Nevada. Indeed, in the two years before his death in a 2002 plane crash, Rowell became increasingly focused on photographing the Range of Light,” producing some of the strongest images of his career.Now the best of his lifetime’s work in his favorite place on earth” is gathered in this magnificent book, reproduced to the highest standards from digital masters of his 35mm frames. The twentieth century’s most celebrated adventure photographer, Galen Rowell, spent much of his life roaming the world with his camera, chronicling exotic locales on all seven continents. From the lofty cliffs and lush alpine meadows of Yosemite to the stark high desert of the Owens Valley, from