Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

The Art of Climbing: a brief history of photographing rock-climbing

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Simon Bainbridge, Professor in English, Lancaster University

For nearly two centuries, rock-climbing and photography have been tightly intertwined, spectacularly roped together on knife-edge arêtes, vertiginous overhangs and seemingly sheer cliff faces.

Simon Carter’s stunning forthcoming collection of photographs, The Art of Climbing (2024), illustrates the heights reached by this mutually supportive partnership. They beautifully capture breathtaking feats of strength and agility made possible by some of the world’s most extraordinary geological…

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