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| Mountain Literature |
The Mountain Image category includes books with a primary focus on mountain images with text in a subordinate role. Images may include photographs, drawings and reproductions. There are two lists of books on this page. The first list includes all of the winners in the Mountain Image category since the award was first made in 1995. The second list includes all of the finalists. Please note that a number of these books are still unavailable in the US (at least through Amazon.com) and that these are shown in red.
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World Climbing: Images From The Edge Comments from the jury include:
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| 2005 |
Mountain Ranges of Colorado Comments from the jury include:
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| 2004 |
Great Sand Dunes National Park: Between Light and Shadow John B. Weller The author photographed this Colorado landscape once a month for three and a half years, accompanying the images with his own essays, poetry, and journal entries. |
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land Subhankar Banerjee Banerjee, a photographer, in collaboration with six essayists, presents a portrayal of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a unique landscape made up of equal parts of beauty and hazard. The U.S. is currently considering this area for oil drilling. "This book does what it was meant to do: stimulate the senses and debate. It accomplishes both beautifully," says Ramsay. |
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| 2002 |
Bruno Engler Photography Susan Engler Potts, Vera Matsarova Engler A compilation of mountain images by Canadian Rockies mountaineer, filmmaker and photographer Bruno Engler (1915-2001). This book also wins the Canadian Rockies Award for the best book on the local area. |
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| 2001 |
The High Himalaya Art Wolfe (photos) and Peter Potterfield (text) "Visually, a superb book," says Maria Coffey, one of the 2001 judges. "Wolf brilliantly portrays so many facets of Himalayan culture and landscape. This is the work of an artist with a great passion for the places and people he captures on film." |
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| 2000 |
Mountain Photography Bradford Washburn The book reflects the eight decades that Bradford Washburn has spent documenting mountain landscapes from the Grand Canyon to Mount Everest. Edited and compiled by Antony Decaneas, the book includes one hundred large format mountain photographs selected from the over 10,000 images in the Washburn portfolio. Read Our Review |
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| 1999 |
Summit: Vittorio Sella, Mountaineer And
Photographer, The Years 1879-1909 Vittorio Sella At the turn of the century, carrying a supply of glass-plate negatives, Italian photographer Vittorio Sella climbed scores of the world's most perilous mountains and photographed them, many for the first time. His strikingly beautiful photographs offered groundbreaking scientific and documentary information and are still used by climbers to map routes. This is the first comprehensive volume of Sella's photographs. "The book is convincing in its brilliant text and images and it shows Sella's significant contribution to mountain photography," jury member Michael Pause says. A Special Mention award was earned by Fat Tire: A Celebration Of The Mountain Bike by Amici Design |
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| 1998 |
Stone and Silence Linde Waidhofer This is a book of landscape photographs taken in the desert country of the American southwest. Stone and Silence made a "particularly stunning impression" on the jury members. |
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| 1997 |
Tibetan Voices:
A Traditional Memoir Brian Harris | |||
| 1996 |
Tibetan Portrait: The Power Of Compassion Phil Borges |
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| 1995 |
The Last Forbidden Kingdom: Mustang, Land Of Tibetan Buddhism Vanessa Boye and Clara Marullo |
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| 1994 |
The Cuillin: Great Mountain Ridge of Skye Gordon Stainforth |
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If you like this list and want to see other award winning books on mountaineering and the outdoors, check out the winners of these three awards:
| American Alpine Literary Award |
| Boardman-Tasker Memorial Award for Mountain Literature |
| National Outdoor Book Awards |
Return to TheRagens Books homepage. For other books on our lists of recommended books, follow the links below.
| Our Current Book List. The list of books on our current reading list. |
| Mountain Climbing and Outdoor Adventures with the cover graphics. |
| Books on Wine Appreciation and Winemaking. |
| Children's Books that our boys or their cousins are reading. Click here for the Seattle Children's Theatre recommended booklist. |
| History Books that relate to our family history or that we have enjoyed. |
| Other Books that we are waiting to categorize. |
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