Photographs at the Edge - Vittorio Sella and Wilfred ThesigerAuthor :
Hardback
Published : Monday 23 May 2022
Description
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 Härtl 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 Härtl 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.
You may also like ...
by
Hardback
23 May 2022
Photography and photographs
€60.84
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
12 Jul 2023
Programming and scripting languages: general
€35.09
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
31 Jan 2023
Web programming
€44.45
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
by
Paperback
12 Oct 2022
Web programming
€35.09
Extended stock – Dispatch 5-7 days
Reviews