Photographs at the Edge : Vittorio Sella and Wilfred Thesiger
Overview
An illustrated look at two early-twentieth-century explorers whose work took them to deserts and mountain peaks, coinciding with the rise of modern photography along the way. Vittorio Sella (1859-1943) was the foremost mountaineering photographer of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, producing widely celebrated images of K2 and other famed peaks. Sir Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003) was a writer, photographer, and explorer, whose greatest journey took him across the Rub' al Khali, a vast desert encompassing much of the Arabian Peninsula. In his new book, Roger H rtl considers these two far-flung figures side by side, telling the stories of two influential explorers through their bibliographic and photographic work, and creating a tapestry where exploration, writing, and image-making all conjoin. As H rtl shows in this richly illustrated volume, the triumphs of Sella and Thesiger coincided with the end of a golden age of geographical exploration and with the rise of photography as we know it today.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781605830988
- ISBN-10: 1605830984
- Publisher: Grolier Club
- Publish Date: May 2022
- Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.4 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
- Page Count: 216
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