The alpine summits captured in photographer Walter Niedermayr's works are neither picturesque nor scenic but instead overrun by the products of mass tourism -- ski lifts, mountaintop cafes, etc. The result is a sense of disorientation, in which the artificial markings of people have changed the scenery perhaps irrevocably. Like Andreas Gursky, Niedermayr reveals the ways in which nature is usurped by human infiltration.
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The alpine summits captured in photographer Walter Niedermayr's works are neither picturesque nor scenic but instead overrun by the products of mass tourism -- ski lifts, mountaintop cafes, etc. The result is a sense of disorientation, in which the artificial markings of people have changed the scenery perhaps irrevocably. Like Andreas Gursky, Niedermayr reveals the ways in which nature is usurped by human infiltration.
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Very Good Condition in Near Fine jacket. 9783893229628. VG/VG+ 1st ed 1999 Hatje Cantz hardback, unclipped DJ, beautifully produced and illustrated with text at rear. A little surface loosening of pastedown next to spine at front and rear hinge, all else VG+ bright and unmarked. Sent Airmail at no extra cost; Worldwide Shipping IMMEDIATE 1ST CLASS/AIRMAIL DISPATCH Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; ISBN: 3893229620. ISBN/EAN: 9783893229628. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 072596.
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Used-Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardcover with dust jacket, AR/GE Kunst Galerie Museum, 1998. German/English edition. DJ and book show only faint signs of handling and age. Tight binding and unmarked pages/textblock. Will pack carefully.
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Very Good. Condition: Very Good-; Some soiling to dj, boards bumped slightly in several places, text in German and English: the photographs in this book are stunning. Hardcover.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine, gray cloth-covered boards with title stamped in white on spine, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Walter Niedermayr. Essays (in German and English) by Sigrid Hauser, Francesco Bonami and Guy Tortosa. Designed by Little Stars of Bethlehem (Manfred Veigl / Georg Wagenhuber), Vienna. Includes a list of plates, an exhibition history, bibliography and brief biographies on the contributors. 116 pp., with 98 four-color and 17 black-and-white plates. 11-1/4 x 13 inches. This first edition was limited to 2650 copies. Published on the occasion of a traveling exhibition. [Cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume II. (London and New York: Phaidon, 2006).]. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket (small crease along lower front edge). From the publisher: "Tram stations, ski runs and panoramic terraces-the Alps are a playground for winter sports fans and enthusiastic mountain climbers: a populated Alpine leisure park. In his tableaus from close-up photos Walter Niedermayr documents the effects of Alpine tourism on the mountain world. But his pictures on the 'injuries' to the landscape are by no means pure photographic depictions of reality; he works in a subtle way with minimal changes of angle and viewpoint, and uses scarcely perceptible alterations to combine individual pictures into disturbing photo arrangements, achieving an intensity of seeing. At the same time, Niedermayr's artistic, photographic eye captures the traces of the Alpine leisure industry as aesthetic signs and lines in the landscape. The moments of tension in his photos emerge not least from the individualistic ambivalence between the beautiful appearance of the composition and the knowledge of the vulnerability of the mountain world and the ecological danger it faces. Momentary Resorts [was] created during three years of research in the Alpine region."
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Very Good, Good++ Oblong 4 TO, Color Illus, Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Written in English and German. Clean grey cloth boards with title on spine in white. Text/photo pages are crisp and clean. Very nice white photo illustrated dust jacket shows soil and yellowing. Looks nice when placed in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.
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Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus jacket. First (and only) edition. One of 2650 copies. Bottom corners bumped otherwise a fine clean tight copy in dust jacket.
