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Olaf Unverzart – ALP
September 2014 · text about the history of Alpine photography, published by Prestel
The physical and financial hardships associated with reaching a new perspective in the early days of mountain photography are hardly imaginable in the age of photographic ubiquity. The pioneers of alpine photography set out on extensive expeditions with up to thirty people, including mountain guides who were knowledgeable of the area and carriers of equipment and food, weighing around 250 kilograms.
Munich-based photographer Olaf Unverzart has comparatively light luggage - but he also decides to work with the plate camera and take the slow path into the mountains. The images collected in this book were created on countless trips and tours over a period of twelve years. Working on analog film, he usually only exposes his subjects twice, making the most important decisions before the shutter release. In this deceleration, the author's gaze wanders and shifts, he allows himself to doubt, maybe even to fail - because by allying himself with time, Unverzart gains the freedom to get to the bottom of things, circling questions for a long time and thus consolidating his own artistic point of view.
- Olaf Unverzart, „ALP“, Prestel, 2014
- Olaf Unverzart, „ALP“, Prestel, 2014
- Olaf Unverzart, „ALP“, Prestel, 2014
- Olaf Unverzart, Piz Badile, Bergeller Alps, Switzerland, 800m, first ascent 1937 © Olaf Unverzart
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