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

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 chaotic and unrelated to the events in my mountain world.

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

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

I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

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

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 intense devotion to mountains and wilderness that eventually shaped all the parts of my life and brought them together.