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Title: Summit : Vittorio Sella : Mountaineer and Photographer : The Years 1879-1909 by Greg Child, Vittorio Sella, Ansel Adams, David Brower, Paul Kallmes, Wendy M. Watson ISBN: 0-89381-808-9 Publisher: Aperture Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Kallmes edits showstopper
Comment: Paul Kallmes compiled and edited a stunning collected of photogaphs and essays concerning the work of Vittorio Sella. He is to be commended for bringing this collection of Sella's photographs to the attention of North American readers. Mr. Kallmes is a visionary. Bravo and thank you Paul!
Rating: 5
Summary: Sublime Peak Experiences
Comment: Vittorio Sella is little-known today, but knowledgeable people like Ansel Adams consider him one of the greatest mountain photographers ever. Sella did his work at a time when cameras weighed 40 pounds, glass negatives two pounds apiece, and mountain climbing was much more primitive than today, without the warmest clothes, tough equipment and bottles of oxygen. Sella is also known for being the first person to scale the Matterhorn in winter.
Sella was the son of the first Italian to write about photography and his uncle was a famous leader of Italian mountaineering. Expedition photographs were a new idea in his day, and primarily served the purpose of map-making for subsequent expeditions. Sella's work also served that purpose, but transcended it with stunning minimalist views. As Ansel Adams points out in his preface, Sella also understood the technique of mountain photography in ways that are missed by many current photographers.
His work was of such stature that he was invited along on important expeditions by the Duke of Abruzzi, which allowed him to be the first to create images of many important scenes. These expeditions included his native Alps, Alaska, Uganda, the Caucasus range, and the Himalayas. His photograph of K2 in the Himalayas is considered the finest one ever.
As dazzling as these images are, the essays in the book greatly add to them by explaining the context of their creation, the photographic problems involved, and the artistic aspects of the work. I enjoyed reading each of them, because each shed a different light on the work.
Although the book is about summit photographs, the book includes many photographs during the ascents, of the people met during the expeditions, and of local scenery.
The summit photos are remarkable to me in many ways. First, he made great efforts to get the right perspective -- often climbing another mountain to get a view the the one alongside. Second, he created stunning panoramas of the major chains which exceed what the eye can see, even if you were there. Third, the pictures have a sense of motion in the glaciers that is quite remarkable. These rivers of ice look like they are moving in videos when you look at them. Fourth, the mountain views have a spiritual quality that is uplifting. Your view of mountains will be forever changed by these photographs.
Also, I feel grateful for the photographs because, although I love mountains, I am not a mountain climber and would never have a chance to see these beautiful, inspiring scenes otherwise.
I encourage you to read and enjoy this book as example of what goals can provide. In the days when Sella was climbing there was no chance of reaching the top of many of these peaks, such as K2 (thought by many to be the toughest mountain in the world to climb). Yet the climbers and Sella achieved lasting meaning for themselves and for us in their partially successful endeavors. Goals take us to the top of our skills by extending our ambition and focus. Be sure you are always looking for the next mountain to climb (and photograph). Let these wonderful images inspire you on to your personal greatness! Also, think about choosing goals that will aid and inspire others for many years in the future as Sella did.
Rating: 5
Summary: Captures the spirituality of the mountains
Comment: Vittorio Sella photographed primarily in the late 19th and early 20th century and chronicled many important expeditions. In this book, the authors present an wonderful array of his work, and the photographic reproductions are remarkably loyal to the originals in coloration. Admirers of Ansel Adams will love this book and will clearly see the antecedents of his style.
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Title: Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography by Anthony Decaneas, Antony Decaneas, Brad Washburn, Clifford S. Ackley ISBN: 0898866901 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: 17 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: On High: The Adventures of Legendary Mountaineer, Photographer, and Scientist Brad Washburn by Bradford Washburn ISBN: 079226911X Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills by Steven M. Cox, Kris Fulsaas, The Mountaineers Club ISBN: 0898868289 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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