My interest in photography did not begin with books or mentors, or with any burning desire to see the world through a camera. It evolved from an inte….

And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw..

One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope that next time his film will somehow bear….

There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement..

My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely a bit different than tha….

I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that o….

Theres no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept clearly….

Often when I walked alone in the mountains, I tried to make sense out of the two halves of my life. What went on in the city during the week seemed c….

Small, portable digital cameras that exceed the performance of an off-the-shelf Nikon using 35mm slide film are further away from current reality tha….

I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal vision or doesn't communic….

At the heart of all photography is an urge to express our deepest personal feelings - to reveal our inner, hidden selves, to unlock the artist. Those….

You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn't waste eithe….

I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what I was experiencing when I climbed and explored in Yosemite in the High Si….

A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy..

The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meanin….

Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic wonders back to the people on the East Coast of….

Memory selects single important images, just as the camera does. In that manner both are able to isolate the highest moments of living..

When I go to the mountains, I intuitively know my place in the world much better through these experiences. The more intense they are, the better I k….

When the magic hour arrives, my thoughts center on light rather than on the landscape. I search for perfect light, then hunt for something earthbound….

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural feature….

The most interesting parts of the natural world are the edges, places where ocean meets land, meadow meets forest, timberline touches the heights..