On Dec 17, 2005, at 11:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think he was a pompous twit. I think he was a darn fine
photographer
with a unique vision and style. Someone not easy to dismiss and
someone who
will be long remembered by many people.
There was nothing pompous in Galen. He
On Dec 17, 2005, at 12:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Someone asked him about his working relationship with
Galen Rowell and it just stopped him in his tracks. I thought he was
going to break down and cry then and there. He didn't quite but he
came
close enough that the person who asked the
On Dec 18, 2005, at 2:11 PM, E.R.N. Reed wrote:
During the period when I used to read Outdoor Photographer (several
years ago) I noticed that Dewitt Jones brought up his shooting for
National Geographic in every single column at least once.
Since I was also in the habit of reading National
Bob,
It's his nebulous theme of claiming a somewhat heroic ability in
succeeding in getting the definitive shot.
I skipped his OP articles for some period of time when, maybe, I should
have given his writing the benefit of an adjustment in my narrow
attitude.
Jack
--- Bob Shell [EMAIL
On Dec 19, 2005, at 10:19 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
It's his nebulous theme of claiming a somewhat heroic ability in
succeeding in getting the definitive shot.
He certainly was fearless in getting to places to take those shots.
I think he was helped in his mountain climbing by being a
On Dec 18, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Pål Jensen wrote:
Better read his book Mountan light. Incidentally, his OP columns
are published in book form as Galen Rowell's Vision: The Art of
Adventure Photography and Galen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor
Photography. All mandatory reading if you're
Jack Davis wrote:
I can allow that Dewitt has written for NG without jealousy or
resentment.
Jack
--- Glen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 02:01 PM 12/17/2005, E.R.N. Reed wrote:
Tom C wrote:
Dewitt Jones has long been my favorite OP writer. I like his ideas
on
Apparently, you can't.
Jack
--- E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jack Davis wrote:
I can allow that Dewitt has written for NG without jealousy or
resentment.
Jack
--- Glen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 02:01 PM 12/17/2005, E.R.N. Reed wrote:
Tom C wrote:
- Original Message -
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getting past the prose was always my problem.
I have no problems with his prose but then English isn't my first
language...
Pål
On Dec 16, 2005, at 3:04 PM, Pål Jensen wrote:
I like his writing even better than his photography. Considering
how much I like his photography that says a lot!
In my opinion he was the best writer on outdoor photography ever
and his death was a great tragic loss for outdoor photographers
- Original Message -
From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Galen was a good friend of mine. He really didn't think of himself as
much of a writer, more as a visual artist whose subject was the grandeur
of mountains.
Maybe. But I stll think he was the greatest writer on nature
On Dec 17, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Pål Jensen wrote:
Maybe. But I stll think he was the greatest writer on nature
photgraphy out there. He was able to put into words and solve the
problems outdoor photographer struggle with. I would say his
writing is the only writing on photography that
You see the futility of it Bill?
Jack
--- Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getting past the prose was always my problem.
I have no problems with his prose but then English isn't my first
language...
Pål
Did he make you think, like a piece of Kodachrome?
Jack
--- Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Galen was a good friend of mine. He really didn't think of himself
as
much of a writer, more as a visual artist whose
Hey Jack,
His English is better than your Norwegian.
Jostein
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From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
Did he make you think, like
(WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
Did he make you think, like a piece of Kodachrome?
Jack
--- Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Galen was a good friend of mine. He really didn't think of
himself
as
much
In a message dated 12/17/2005 6:21:42 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Galen was a good friend of mine. He really didn't think of himself
as much of a writer, more as a visual artist whose subject was the
grandeur of mountains. He really got into photography and later
Mark Roberts wrote:
Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Years ago I visited his studio in the Bay area was absolutely blown away
by his images. Seeing them in in magazine just didn't do them justice. I
felt I could step into them when I saw them in person.
A Rowell gallery is still
In a message dated 12/17/2005 8:47:34 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I read Rowell all the time back in the day when I
got photo mags.
ann sad
===
Uh, ann, a couple of years ago.
I am sure someone else can pinpoint the date.
Marnie aka Doe
- Original Message -
From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
Did he make you think, like a piece of Kodachrome?
Jack
--- Pål Jensen
- Original Message -
From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sh*t - Galen Rowell died? If someone posted this
as a title before today
it never hit my mail box -
He died in a plane crash the summer of 2002. I still remember coming home
from a mountain trip and reading on photo.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't think he was a pompous twit. I think he was a darn fine
photographer
with a unique vision and style. Someone not easy to dismiss and someone
who
will be long remembered by many people.
I don't understand why anyone would find
Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think he was a better writer than he thought he was. I've read
almost everything he wrote and don't really have much of a problem
with it from an Editor's perspective. I always wanted him to write
some stuff for me, but his contract with Outdoor
Aug. 11, '02. (Born in 1940) Killed, along with his wife, Barbara and
two other passengers (I believe) in a plane crash that happened on
landing approach to the Bishop, CA airport.
In this case, his wife was not piloting the plane which was returning
from an Alaskan shoot.
Jack
--- [EMAIL
In a message dated 12/17/2005 9:24:33 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Outdoor Photographer did that once and mentioned in three separate
places in the magazine that they'd done it (and why). They still got
complaints about it. I guess OP is kinda like Playboy - people buy it
Ignoring all the reasons having been cited will not make them go away.
Jack
--- Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't think he was a pompous twit. I think he was a darn fine
photographer
with a unique vision and style.
I, also, enjoy George Lepp, but never miss bi-monthly, Dewitt (Basic)
Jones.
Jack
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 12/17/2005 9:24:33 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Outdoor Photographer did that once and mentioned in three separate
places in the magazine
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Outdoor Photographer did that once and mentioned in three separate
places in the magazine that they'd done it (and why). They still got
complaints about it. I guess OP is kinda like Playboy - people buy it to
look at the pictures, not read the
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To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:46:59 -0600
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
I really
[...]
Outdoor Photographer did that once and mentioned in three
separate places in the magazine that they'd done it (and
why). They still got complaints about it. I guess OP is kinda
like Playboy - people buy it to look at the pictures, not
read the print ;-)
are you sure? I thought
I don't understand why anyone would find him pompous, let alone a twit. I
admit to never having met the guy, but he certainly didn't cloud his
photography with philosophical new age mumbo jumbo and mysticism as often
seen when other, less talented (outdoor)photographers trying to explain
Dewitt Jones has long been my favorite OP writer. I like his ideas on how
to look at things and find the shot.
Tom C.
From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
Date: Sat
Pål Jensen wrote:
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't think he was a pompous twit. I think he was a darn fine
photographer
with a unique vision and style. Someone not easy to dismiss and
someone who
will be long remembered by many people.
I don't understand why
and find the shot.
Tom C.
From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:39:06 -0800 (PST)
I, also, enjoy George Lepp, but never miss bi-monthly
Tom C wrote:
Dewitt Jones has long been my favorite OP writer. I like his ideas on
how to look at things and find the shot.
Ah yes, Dewitt I shoot for National Geographic Jones.
Way more mentions of shooting for NG in his columns than there are
mentions of him in NG's index.
At 02:01 PM 12/17/2005, E.R.N. Reed wrote:
Tom C wrote:
Dewitt Jones has long been my favorite OP writer. I like his ideas on
how to look at things and find the shot.
Ah yes, Dewitt I shoot for National Geographic Jones.
Way more mentions of shooting for NG in his columns than there are
Being a photographer, his photographic work is his legacy, not his
writing...
Tom C.
Agreed.
Kenneth Waller
- Original Message -
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
I actually started looking foward to each issue of OP
- Original Message -
From: E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ah yes, Dewitt I shoot for National Geographic Jones.
Way more mentions of shooting for NG in his columns than there are
mentions of him in NG's index.
Dewitt Jones was the one who gave Rowell his first National Geographic
- Original Message -
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'll have to go to the library and find some old OP issues then.
Better read his book Mountan light. Incidentally, his OP columns are
published in book form as Galen Rowell's Vision: The Art of Adventure
Photography and Galen
I can allow that Dewitt has written for NG without jealousy or
resentment.
Jack
--- Glen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 02:01 PM 12/17/2005, E.R.N. Reed wrote:
Tom C wrote:
Dewitt Jones has long been my favorite OP writer. I like his ideas
on
how to look at things and find the shot.
Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Incidentally, his OP columns are
published in book form as Galen Rowell's Vision: The Art of Adventure
Photography and Galen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor Photography. All
mandatory reading if you're interested in this type of photography.
Inner Game of
- Original Message -
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Inner Game of Outdoor Photography is effing brilliant. Haven't read
the other one. Yet.
Then you would certainly find vision equally brilliant as it is exactly in
the same vein...
PÅL
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 12/17/2005 8:47:34 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I read Rowell all the time back in the day when I
got photo mags.
ann sad
===
Uh, ann, a couple of years ago.
I am sure someone else can pinpoint the date.
Marnie
Thanks Jack - The date tells me why I missed this
news
I wasn't on list and I was driving 500 miles a day
- an unusual thing for me...
and the news on the car radio was minimal.
I also missed how he got in to a discussion here
this week :)
ann
Jack Davis wrote:
Aug. 11, '02. (Born in
- Original Message -
From: Pål Jensen
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
Getting past the prose was always my problem.
I have no problems with his prose but then English isn't my first
language...
I don't think it was his either. :-)
William
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From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm with you there. I liked his photographic work much more than his
writing. He struck me, IIRC, as a little too above it all. Maybe I was
just jealous.
I like his writing even better than his photography. Considering how
Message -
From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
- Original Message -
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm with you there. I liked his photographic work much more than his
writing. He struck me, IIRC, as a little too above
Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Years ago I visited his studio in the Bay area was absolutely blown away
by his images. Seeing them in in magazine just didn't do them justice. I
felt I could step into them when I saw them in person.
A Rowell gallery is still in operation in Bishop,
-
From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
- Original Message -
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm with you there. I liked his photographic work much more than
his
writing. He struck me, IIRC, as a little too above
- Original Message -
From: Mark Roberts
Subject: Re: Galen Rowell (WAS: PESO: Velvia example for Kostas)
I really liked his written work, to. Not necessarily the prose but the
ideas.
Getting past the prose was always my problem.
William Robb
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