Most definitely familiar and a fan.. I have Mountain Light, but not the Tibetian book...
Also have a calendar and I think a book on Alaska with his photos I take it you already own Mountain LIght? Glad you are having fun out west - await more photos ann On 11/4/2013 18:44, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne wrote:
I just had an hour's visit to the Mountain Light Gallery in Bishop. http://www.mountainlight.com To those of you unfamiliar with it, it's the official gallery of photographer Galen Rowell. Rowell has been one of my heroes for more than twenty years. More so than Ansel Adams, for example. It was great to have the opportunity to see some of his work printed large and hung on walls. It was also interesting to see so many of his shots hung together. He was very much a colour photographer, often accused of practicing "velvia aesthetics". While I usually fail to understand why that is a derogatory term, I did become a bit overwhelmed after perusing the fifth wall of prints. Then I stumbled upon one of his books "My Tibet", for which the Dalai Lama had provided the text. It had a bundle of those typical colour photos I know him for, including the iconic picture of the rainbow coming down on the Palace in Lhasa (P19 on this page: http://mountainlight.com/posters.html ). What dominated the book, however, were pictures of people. More subtly rendered, but with a lot of impact. Are some of you folks familiar with this book? What are your thoughts about it? I'd like to hear your opinions about Galen Rowell in general too, of course. Right now I'm wondering whether I'll be able to fit the book into my luggage for the return flight. That seems to be the only thing stopping me from buying it at the moment; along with a retrospective book that's fairly new. :-) Jostein
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