Galen Rowell

Agréât traveler, Galen Rowell is also a generous one. He returns from the world's far edges with splendid gifts—frames of film saturated with light and color, faraway places and high adventure. Like the 18th century sketch-artists who accompanied Captain Cook to the South Sea islands, he...

PrefaceTO THE SECOND EDITIONSince the first edition of Mountain Light appeared in 1986, many advances in photography have occurred with little effect on the enduring message of this book. The basic concepts described here remain as solid as ever. Instead of stating them with the finality of...