There and Back There and Back

There and Back

Photographs from the Edge

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Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Academy Award–winning director of Free Solo and National Geographic photographer presents the first collection of his iconic adventure photography, featuring some of the greatest moments of the most accomplished climbers and outdoor athletes in the world, and including more than 200 extraordinary photographs.
 
“An extraordinary work of art.”—Jon Krakauer

Filmmaker, photographer, and world-class mountaineer Jimmy Chin goes where few can follow to capture stunning images in death-defying situations. There and Back draws from his breathtaking portfolio of photographs, captured over twenty years during cutting-edge expeditions on all seven continents—from skiing Mount Everest, to an unsupported traverse of Tibet's Chang Tang Plateau on foot, to first ascents in Chad’s Ennedi Desert and Antarctica’s Queen Maud Land.

Along the way, Chin shares behind-the-scenes details about how he captured such astounding images in impossible conditions, and tells the stories of the legendary adventurers and remarkable athletes he has photographed, including Alex Honnold, the star of his Academy Award–winning documentary film Free Solo; ski mountaineer Kit DesLauriers; snowboarder Travis Rice; and mountaineers Conrad Anker and Yvon Chouinard. 

These larger-than-life images, coupled with stories of outsized drive and passion, of impossible goals with life or death stakes, of partnerships forged through incredible hardship, are sure to inspire wonder and awe.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2021
December 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
177.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Richard Bakare ,

Supreme Vistas

Jimmy Chin is the eye behind the lens of the documentary “Free Solo.” He has an amazing instinct for capturing the most riveting parts of some of life’s biggest adventures. What is truly amazing is that Chin is not just capturing super human feats with his camera, he is in the middle of the journey. As equal an athlete to those who grace the magnificence of his images. That knowledge makes the scenes that he memorializes all the more exhilarating. The accompanying text makes clear the stakes involved to get such rare images; too often paid with the lives of amazing humans in their primes For all of these reasons and more, I am content to experience these adventures vicariously through the lens of Chin’s camera; but I am at the same time inspired to see my surrounding landscape as vistas of my personal lived experience and appreciate them all the more.

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