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Galen Rowell : a retrospective / [compiled by the editors of Sierra Club books ; foreword by Tom Brokaw ; biographical introduction by Robert Roper ; a critic's perspective by Andy Grundberg ; essays by John Ackerly ... [et al.] ; photo commentaries by Ed Cooper ... [et al.].

Title
Galen Rowell : a retrospective / [compiled by the editors of Sierra Club books ; foreword by Tom Brokaw ; biographical introduction by Robert Roper ; a critic's perspective by Andy Grundberg ; essays by John Ackerly ... [et al.] ; photo commentaries by Ed Cooper ... [et al.].
Publication
San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Ackerly, John.
  • Brokaw, Tom.
  • Cooper, Ed.
  • Grundberg, Andy
  • Roper, Robert.
  • Sierra Club Books.
Description
287 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 34 cm.
Summary
Contains over 175 images from throughout adventure photographer Galen Rowell's career, accompanied by commentary and essays by his friends and associates.
Subject
  • Nature photography
  • Outdoor photography
  • Rowell, Galen A
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 285).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Galen Rowell, light traveler / Andy Grundberg -- The mountain photographer. Essay : Climber with a camera / Doug Robinson -- Expedition chronicles. Essay : Photography as a state of grace / Jon Beckmann -- Conserving the wild. Essay : Saving the last strongholds / George B. Schaller -- The Asian kingdoms. Essay : Explorer and advocate / John Ackerly -- To the ends of the earth. Essay : Icon of adventure photography / Conrad Anker -- Coming home. Essay : Bay trails and mountain light / Justin Black and Dean Stevens -- The visionary landscape. Essay : Transcending nature / Frans Lanting.
ISBN
1578051150 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2006042319
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library