Similar to Japanese woodcut artist Katsushika Hokusai’s 36 views of Mount Fuji, here Croatian photographer Nenad Šaljić focuses on capturing the essence of the almost perfectly shaped pyramid peak that is the Matterhorn. Alongside his 43 black & white pictures, Šaljić includes historic moments related to the mountain.
By Anna Bonita Evans
Outdoor Photography (UK), 197, Out There
September 2015
NENAD.ŠALJIĆ.MATTERHORN:
Portrait of a Myth \ Der Mythos im Porträt
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THERE are some images that can only be captured by someone with a personal, and borderline spiritual, understanding of a location. Swiss photographer Nenad Saljic’s new book contains perhaps one of the best recent examples of this. Within its pages there are a variety of ‘portraits’ of a single location: Switzerland’s famous (and at times infamous) Alpine mountain, the Matterhorn. Nenad trained as a mountaineer and caver in his youth, and it was these experiences that caused him to fall deeply in love with, as he terms it, ‘nature’s most ancient textures, forms and shapes’. In this volume we find a visual document of Nenad’s love affair with the Matterhorn. Each image shows the vast formation under a variety of weather conditions – mist, storm, sun and rain. A pure overwhelming beauty suffuses every image. Matterhorn is an incredible and perfect encapsulation of the sublime. ★★★★★
By Oliver Atwell
The latest and best books from the world of photography
July 18, 2015
Nenad Šaljić
MATTERHORN
Portrait of a Mountain \ Porträt eines Berges
ISBN 978-3-033-05067-9
English\German
Hardcover\30×30 cm\120 pages
43 Black & White Duotone Photographs
Publisher: Orada & Galerie Rigassi Bern, Switzerland
Book Release Date: 25 June 2015
Price: 96.00 CHF
(65.00£\92.00€\102.00$)
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Portrait of a Myth \ Der Mythos im Porträt
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