Yosemite: In the Sixties
Author(s):
Denny, Glen
Copyright: 2008, US
Specifications: 2nd prtg, 4to, pp.144, 106 bw photos, pictorial cloth
Condition: signed Denny & Ed Cooper, lettered mylar dj unclipped, very fine, cloth tight, very fine
Denny has created an extraordinary book of rare black-and-white photographs of Yosemite Valley climbers. Originally inspired by the work of Ansel Adams, photographer and filmmaker Denny quickly mastered the effects of light on rock but his special gift is for these portraits of climbers in their element, for revealing the climber's face in the unselfconscious moment of obsession on a route, of pleasure in camp, of awe to be in such a place. He conveys the culture of Camp 4 in the sixties as well as the spirit of the big-wall climbs. Many of these marvelous photographs have never before been published. Preface by Yvon Chouinard, essays by Kevin Starr, Steve Roper, and Glen Denny.
Winner 2007 Banff Mountain Book Festival Best Book Mountain Image and winner 2007 National Outdoor Book Award in the Design and Artistic Merit category.