I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.

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

I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light.

When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience.

I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing.

Ever since the 1860s when photographers travelled the American West and brought photographs of scenic wonders back to the people on the East Coast of America we have had a North American tradition of landscape photography used for the environment.