East Bay Dinner

"A Photographic Tribute to Galen and Barbara Rowell"

Thursday December 2, no-host cocktails/social hour - 6 pm, dinner - 7:00, program - 7:50, Berkeley Yacht Club on the Berkeley Marina, one block north of the west end of University Avenue (ample free parking is available in the Marina parking lots).

Join us for an evening of stunning imagery as photographer Tony Rowell presents a photographic tribute to his father Galen Rowell and his stepmother Barbara Cushman Rowell. During a 20-year career in which he became the world's preeminent wilderness and remote-region photographer, Galen Rowell pioneered a dimension of nature photography in which the photographer transcends the status of mere observer to become immersed in participation with the subject. He made more than 35 journeys to the mountains of five continents. He authored 18 books, including his world-famous Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape, and was a major contributor to dozens more.

Inspired by his father, Tony Rowell strives to show the beauty of the earth through his own photography. A Berkeley native, Rowell found himself involved in his father's work from a young age as he accompanied his father to remote wilderness areas in Alaska, Canada, and the American West. Rowell studied at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, and his photos have appeared in his father's books and in Backpacker and Outdoor Photography. His work is currently on display at the Tioga Pass Resort near Yosemite. Tony will show slides from a 1997 expedition he took with his father to the Arctic Circle, a 2004 trip on the John Muir Trail, and his most recent adventure, a 17-day trip to Tibet with National Geographic Expeditions. He will also show images from his stepmother Barbara Rowell's book Flying South, the inspiring story of her plane trip of a lifetime - a 25,000 mile, 57-leg journey in her Cessna 206.

Dinner is $20, which includes tax and tip. To make a reservation, send your check payable to "Sierra Club", including your name and phone number, to:

Jane Barrett
170 Vicente Road
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 845-8055

Attendance is limited to the first 115 reservations received. Reserve early, as these programs do fill up. There is no admittance for program only. Ample free parking is available in several lots. All are welcome. For more information, call (510) 845-8055.