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What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#body #climbing #directly #even #i

If we limit our vision to the real world, we will forever be fighting on the minus side of things, working only too make our photographs equal to what we see out there, but no better. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#equal #fighting #forever #limit #make

Luckily, many other people tell me how they have had a particular landscape photograph of mine in their office or bedroom for 15 years and it always speaks to them strongly whenever they see it. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#bedroom #had #how #landscape #luckily

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 a closer resemblance to it. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#biggest #biggest mistakes #cling #closer #film

These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#days #deeply #environmental #message #most

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#begun #decide #divorce #get #last

My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#being #deal #ellen #fear #feelings

The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#courage #deny #ever #gay #i

When I watched Ellen come out in '97, my jaw was on the floor. I thought, There are some people who break the doors down, hold them open, and some people who walk right through. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#come #doors #down #ellen #floor

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#control #hiding #home #how #only