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 that of most photographers.

Galen Rowell also mastered the technique of using balanced fill flash which allowed him to lighten the deepest shadows in a subtle way to match the relatively narrow dynamic range of color reversal film. Galen Avery Rowell (August 23 1940 – August 11 2002) was a noted wilderness photographer and climber. Oldest person to climb Yosemite's El Capitan in one day at age 57


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Rowell's work is on display at the Mountain Light Gallery in the Eastern Sierra Nevada town of Bishop.

Born in Oakland California he became a full-time photographer in 1972. Galen Avery Rowell (August 23 1940 – August 11 2002) was a noted wilderness photographer and climber.