1. Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Research of other
photographers work

2. Galen Avery Rowell
• This amazing man in the picture
was a famous professional
photographer which goes by the
name ‘ Galen Rowell he is a well
known artist just like a few other
photographers who are at the stage
he is at others who are named by
Ansel Adams he was also a great
photographer. Galen Rowell is
known for his wilderness photos.
Galen Rowell was not only a
photographer he as also a climber
back in his early life used to climb
mountains out in the wild and taking
pictures… this might be a shock but
he was never fly trained on being a
photographer but he still done a
very good job.

3. Galen Rowell
Galen Avery Rowell was born in
August 24th 1940 and tragically died in
August 11th 2002. he was born in America
Oakland, California and died in Bishop,
California he had three kids. In 1972 Galen
sold his small business and became a full
time photographer. And just in 1 year he
completed his first major assignment which
was a cover story for National Geographic
Magazine. After that Rowell was ascent of
Yosemite National Park that he documented,
after that he considered on the landscape
part adventure then eventually a couple years
later he won the Ansel Adams award for
conversation photography in 1984. after he
had been awarded he had a lot of more major
assignments handed to him by big publicitors.

4. These are some of his finest work
As you can see these photographs are taken out in the wilderness you can see mountains and snow most
these are very great work from the one and only Galen Avery Rowell.

5. Description of Image
This photograph was taken by Galen Avery Rowell
As you can see in the image it only shows the mountains
the roads the dirt the trees This image might look
tedious but it shows a lot it means Something. It is a
point of view shot so basically a straight shot It is an
extreme long shot abbreviated (ELS) it is great how he
took his picture as you Can see In he image the road is
a very long road and you can See the mountains how
close they look to the camera. That is The depth of field
technique it is a great technique and It shows this
technique depth of field.

6. Composition
This image was taken by Galen Avery Rowell
As you can basically see in the image it includes
Ice burgh mountains green land and horses riding past
the in front of the camera. This is a really great image
Because it gives it that natural life and that western look.

7. Techniques used
This is a birds eye view shot of Galen
Rowell climbing the mountain light it
is a great shot if you can see look
how close the ground is to the
camera that is the depth of field
technique it makes it look well close
but if you were there it will look a lot
more steep. You can tell he has only
focused on the right side of him and
the right side of the ground so you
can easily tell he was trying o get
the viewers to notice how high he is
to the ground.

8. Strengths & Weaknesses
• The strengths Galen Avery Rowell has
is climbing if you have good climbing
skills you will be able to climb trees
mountains etc. to get high as possible
and get the best picture you possibly
can get on camera. For Galen Avery
Rowell he had exceptional climbing
skills it was unbelievable he used to
just climb and climb every day to
take a lot of images from high tops
like mountains and his is what also
makes a great photographer.
This person in this image is galen Rowell he is climbing
besides Yosemite falls. There is no weakness in this image to be
Honest it is a great picture of galen Rowell climbing the great
Yosemite falls.