Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National Parks, Second Expanded Edition

Author: Q. T. Luong
Publisher: Terra Galleria Press
ISBN: 9781733576000
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 472

Book Description
In 300 visits over 25 years, QT Luong ventured deep into each of America's 61 national parks. Art book and guidebook in one, Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National Parks presents the photographer's explorations in a sumptuous gallery complemented with informative notes on nature, travel, and image making. Together, they invite photographers and nature lovers to trace his steps to both iconic landscapes and rarely seen remote views. Winner of six national book awards.

The Dolomites

Author: James Rushforth
Publisher: Rockfax Limited
ISBN: 9781873341971
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 496

Book Description
Located in northern Italy, the 'Pale Alps' contain climbing of every shape and size. The area is particularly renowned for its via ferrata, cabled routes pre-dating the Great War. This guide covers everything you need for a climbing trip, regardless of ability.

Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites Volume 1

Author: James Rushforth
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 178362566X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Book Description
This guidebook presents 75 via ferrata routes in the stunning Italian Dolomites. Part of a 2-volume set, this book covers Val di Fassa/Canazei, Selva, Badia/La Villa, Covara, Arabba, Falzarego, Cortina, Misurina, Sesto and Auronzo in the northern, central and eastern Dolomites. Routes are graded by technical difficulty and seriousness and there are comprehensive route descriptions accompanied by access notes, maps and topos. A wide range of grades, lengths and styles, from routes for novices to difficult and technical climbs are covered. Stunning photography completes this inspirational guide to some of the most breathtaking via ferrata routes in the world. The Italian Dolomites boast some of the most magnificent mountain scenery on the planet and some of the most iconic. Soaring rocky spires and jagged ridgelines are interspersed with gentle valleys and idyllic mountain villages. The Dolomites are also home to the world's greatest concentration of via ferratas - mountain routes or climbs that are protected by a series of cables, metal rungs, pegs and ladders.

Ski Touring and Snowshoeing in the Dolomites

Author: James Rushforth
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 1783624361
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
Guidebook to 50 ski touring and snowshoeing routes in the Dolomites. The routes, which carry an Alpine (and when appropriate, a Volo/Toponeige) grading, range from 5km to 18km, taking between 2 and 7 hours to complete. The routes are based in and around areas such as Canazei, Arabba, Corvara and San Martino, taking in stunning scenery, quaint villages and enchanting mountain vistas. Clear route descriptions are accompanied by 1:50K mapping and photo topos, together with information such as total ascent and descent (as well as aspect), expected duration of route and equipment required. Also provided is invaluable practical advice on things such as mountain safety and navigation, equipment, transport options to, from and around the Dolomites, ski passes, accommodation and more. Regarded as one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in the world, the Dolomites offer endless winter escapades. Those who venture off the beaten track and into the backcountry (whether by ski or by shoe) will discover a veritable winter wonderland.

Photographing the Snowdonia Mountains

Author: NICK. LIVESEY
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992905194
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
To take great mountain photographs you¿ve got to know where to be, when, and how to take them. PHOTOGRAPHING THE SNOWDONIA MOUNTAINS answers those questions. It¿s a hill walking guidebook, a photo-location guidebook, a safety in the hills manual, part biography, and is illustrated with over 300 stunning photographs. Fifteen of the best mountain walks for photography are described, including shorter walks and roadside locations from which to take the best mountain images if you don¿t want to walk far. The author Nick Livesey lives for mountain photography and he shares his secrets from Snowdon to the Glyders, from the Nantlle Ridge to Rhinog Fawr and the Celtic Badlands. This is one in a series of fotoVUE Mountain books. Featuring - 15 circular classic Snowdonia mountain routes. 10 shorter walks and roadside locations for the best mountain views. Maps are large OS colour and contoured relief maps. Mountain gear and safety advice. Sat nav and map co-ordinates. Sun compass. Best times to visit and seasonal highlights. Photographic tips. Accessibility notes. Travel information. The best places to stay, eat and drink.

Photographing Iceland Volume 2 - The Highlands and the Interior

Author: James Rushforth
Publisher: Photo-Location Guides
ISBN: 9781916014565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description

Summit

Author: Vittorio Sella
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Weighted down by heavy, 19th-century camera equipment, mountaineer and photographer Sella climbed some of the world's most mysterious, perilous peaks and photographed them, many for the first time.

Photographing the Peak District

Author: Chris Gilbert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992905156
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480

Book Description
If you are a keen photographer who can¿t miss a sunrise or are on holiday using a mobile phone camera, this guidebook will take you to the most beautiful and photogenic places in the Peak District. PHOTOGRAPHING THE PEAK DISTRICT is a photography-location and visitor guidebook. The Peak District is a beautiful upland area at the southern end of the Pennines stretching from Ashbourne in the south to the M62 in the north. The northern Dark Peak is an area of wild heather-clad moorland lined by gritstone edges and boulders that contrast with the limestone plateau and deep dales of the White Peak. Cut by sparkling rivers, populated with beautiful villages, a rich industrial heritage and home to Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall, the UK¿s first national park has photographic opportunities around every corner, all year round. FEATURING - 150 locations including all the classics - 750 photographs - Detailed maps, directions and co-ordinates for each location - Best seasons and time of day to visit - Sun compass - Accommodation and best pubs - Roadside and short walk locations - Longer photographic walks - Accessibility information.

Shorter Walks in the Dolomites

Author: Gillian Price
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781852847876
Category : Dolomite Alps (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A popular guidebook to short walks in the Dolomites of north east Italy. The guide describes 50 walks, graded from easy to strenuous, and varying in length from 3 mile strolls to full-day expeditions. The Dolomites are suitable for summer walking, and the mountains are easily accessible, just across the border from Austria and easily reached from Verona, Treviso, Venice and Innsbruck airports. The Dolomites are blessed with vast forests, high-altitude rocky landscapes and seas of beautiful wildflowers and the range is now a designated Unesco World Heritage Site encompassing a national park - Parco Nazionale Dolomiti Bellunesi - and several other protected areas. Highlights include the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, the Civetta, the Piz Bo circuit on the Sella massif and the Sentiero delle Odle. This guide offers something for every walking ability and preference, and includes all the background and planning information you need to plan a trip, including an Italian-German-English glossary and a list of accommodation providers and websites and details of all rifugios on or near the routes.

Photography and Italy

Author: Maria Antonella Pelizzari
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861898843
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
In this beautifully illustrated book Maria Antonella Pelizzari traces the history of photography in Italy from its beginnings to the present as she guides us through the history of Italy and its ancient sites and Renaissance landmarks. Pelizzari specifically considers the role of photography in the formation of Italian national identity during times of political struggle, such as the lead up to Unification in 1860, and later in the nationalist wars of Mussolini’s regime. While many Italians and foreigners— such as Fratelli Alinari or Carlo Ponti, John Ruskin or Kit Talbot—focused their lenses on architectural masterpieces, others documented the changing times and political heroes, creating icons of figures such as Garibaldi and the brigands. Pelizzari’s exploration of Italian visual traditions also includes the photographic collages of Bruno Munari, the neorealist work of photographers such as Franco Pinna, the bold stylized compositions of Mario Giacomelli, and the controversial images created by Oliviero Toscani for Benetton advertising in the 1980s. Featuring unpublished works and a rare selection of over one hundred images, this book will appeal to art collectors and students of art history and Italian culture.