Photographs at the Edge : Vittorio Sella and Wilfred Thesiger by Roger Hartl ...

Name: Photographs at the Edge : Vittorio Sella and Wilfred Thesiger by Roger Hartl ...
Brand: Grolier Club of New York

Grolier Club of New York

Photographs at the Edge Vittorio Sella and Wilfred ThesigerAuthor(s): Roger Hrtl, David Breashears, Alexander Maitland, Levison Wood\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Grolier Club of New York, United States\nImprint: Grolier Club of New York\nISBN-13: 9781605830988, 978-1605830988\nSynopsis\nAn 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.\n Vittorio Sella [tel] 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 [tel] 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 Hrtl considers these two far-flung figures side by side, telling the stories of two influential explorers through their bibliographic and ph.