In a message dated 8/12/2002 11:55:21 AM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > AUGUST 12, 2002 > > Sadly, I received this note from a friend in San Diego this morning: "We > have been informed that Galen and Barbara Rowell were killed in a plane > crash on the approach to the Bishop Airport on their return from Alaska. > Two others were also on the plane. No survivors." > > Newcomers may not know that Galen was one of the premier > adventure/scenic/nature photographers of our age. Galen's signature image > was Rainbow over Potola (the former winter residence of the Dalai Lama). I > think that he got his greatest pleasure from combining his love of mountain > climbing with his love of photography. Barbara, too, was an excellent > photographer and contributed images to their stock collection. They are > survived by a son and a daughter. I send my condolences and a hug to family > and friends. To learn more about Galen and Barbara, visit: > http://www.mountainlight.com/home.html > > While I knew Galen only a bit, and never met Barbara, I was saddened to > learn of their passing. I do know that both of them-as we all need to > do--lived life pretty much to the fullest. > > Galen's article "The Size of the Rat," which ran in OP (Outdoor > Photographer) many years ago, served to inspire me to succeed in > photography. He spoke of the rat "gnawing at the photographer's belly to > succeed." I am glad that I got to tell him that he had influenced me (and > that I had a very large rat in my belly..) (See my comments on page 145 > of "The Art of Bird Photography.") > > My favorite Galen story goes something like this: He saw a print of an > image "just like one that he had envisioned and was working on." He was > ready to sue the photographer, when he learned that his wife--totally > unaware that Galen had been photographing the same landscape subject--had > made the image while they were on a joint vacation. Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from rly-xj03.mx.aol.com (rly-xj03.mail.aol.com [172.20.116.40]) by air-xj02.mail.aol.com (v86_r1.16) with ESMTP id MAILINXJ22-0812125521; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:55:21 2000 Received: from lax-gate3.raytheon.com (lax-gate3.raytheon.com [199.46.200.232]) by rly-xj03.mx.aol.com (v86_r1.15) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXJ35-0812125451; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:54:51 -0400 Received: from ds02w00.directory.ray.com (ds02w00.directory.ray.com [147.25.146.118]) by lax-gate3.raytheon.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7CGsnrr006550; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:54:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ds02w00.directory.ray.com (root@localhost) by ds02w00.directory.ray.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g7CGsern018402; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:54:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from maila.indy.navy.mil ([147.159.5.201]) by ds02w00.directory.ray.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g7CGscPL018392; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:54:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by maila.indy.navy.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <PRVQ3N0S>; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:54:35 -0500 Message-ID: <EF4C77D78AD5D21198E90008C75DECDB04A1808F@EMAIL4> From: "McDermott, Paul J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'wendy'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FW: BIRDS AS ART NOTES AUG 12, 2002 Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:54:08 -0500 Importance: low X-Priority: 5 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98e X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain FYI. ---------- From: "Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:38:31 -0400 To: "baa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: BIRDS AS ART NOTES AUG 12, 2002 BIRDS AS ART NOTES AUGUST 12, 2002 Sadly, I received this note from a friend in San Diego this morning: "We have been informed that Galen and Barbara Rowell were killed in a plane crash on the approach to the Bishop Airport on their return from Alaska. Two others were also on the plane. No survivors." Newcomers may not know that Galen was one of the premier adventure/scenic/nature photographers of our age. Galen's signature image was Rainbow over Potola (the former winter residence of the Dalai Lama). I think that he got his greatest pleasure from combining his love of mountain climbing with his love of photography. Barbara, too, was an excellent photographer and contributed images to their stock collection. They are survived by a son and a daughter. I send my condolences and a hug to family and friends. To learn more about Galen and Barbara, visit: http://www.mountainlight.com/home.html While I knew Galen only a bit, and never met Barbara, I was saddened to learn of their passing. I do know that both of them-as we all need to do--lived life pretty much to the fullest. Galen's article "The Size of the Rat," which ran in OP (Outdoor Photographer) many years ago, served to inspire me to succeed in photography. He spoke of the rat "gnawing at the photographer's belly to succeed." I am glad that I got to tell him that he had influenced me (and that I had a very large rat in my belly..) (See my comments on page 145 of "The Art of Bird Photography.") My favorite Galen story goes something like this: He saw a print of an image "just like one that he had envisioned and was working on." He was ready to sue the photographer, when he learned that his wife--totally unaware that Galen had been photographing the same landscape subject--had made the image while they were on a joint vacation. Best and love to all, Arthur Morris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
