Himalayas (early 1900s)
by Vittorio Sella
Toronto. Our president, Clint Hryhorijiw, sent me an email a week or so back saying, “Got this cool thing from Cindy [Motzenbecker]”, along with a link to a BBC article and photos.
Turns out Vittorio Sella was a European photographer famous for photographing the Himalayas over a century ago. The article titled, “Frozen in time: Rare early images of the Himalayas from Italian pioneer” by Sudha G Tilak in Delhi, India, discusses and illustrates the story of Sella and his accomplishment, now on exhibit in Delhi.
Tilak begins his article, “Vittorio Sella was a pioneering Italian photographer whose work at the turn of the 20th Century shaped both mountain photography and mountaineering history. His rare images of the Himalayas remain some of the most iconic ever captured.
“A new ongoing show in the Indian capital, Delhi, called Vittorio Sella: Photographer in the Himalaya brings to life the breathtaking grandeur of the Himalayas through his lens. …”
Click on the article title above to read all the story and see a selection of photographs by Sella.
