Nature photographer Galen Rowell & writer-wife Barbara
Posted: Tuesday, August 13th, 2002 10:40 am
Acclaimed outdoors photographer Galen Rowell and his wife, Barbara Rowell, were killed along with two others in a plane crash near the Bishop (Inyo County) airport over the weekend on their way home from a photo workshop class in the Arctic.
Known for his wilderness photography of the Bay Area, the Sierra and across all seven continents, the Berkeley-born Rowell was killed instantly in the crash Sunday morning as the plane approached the airport. He was 61.
Barbara Rowell, 54, who was an accomplished pilot, writer and frequent collaborator with her husband, was not flying the plane when it crashed at around 1:20 a.m., according to Inyo County undersheriff Jack Goodrich. …
Rowell’s death shocked many outdoors people who considered him to be one of the world’s pre-eminent photographers of natural settings and an avid outdoorsman who brought remote areas into the public realm. … Read full obituary
