By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jimmy Nelson
Nyerere, Loingo, Lewangum & Lepokodou Kaisut Desert, Kenya
Chromogenic print on dibond. 80 x 120 cm (107.5 x 147 cm). Signed in felt tip pen as well as detailed notes on the subject and on the edition on an artist's label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Edition 3/6
Framed.
Accompanied by photographer's certificate, dated 18.09.2015
Literature: Jimmy Nelson, Before they pass away, Kempen 2013, ill. pp. 218
Jimmy Nelson (Sevenoaks, Kent, 1967)
started working as a photographer
in 1987. Having spent 10 years at a
Jesuit boarding school in the North
of England, he set off on his own to
traverse the length of Tibet on foot.
The journey lasted a year and upon his
return his unique visual diary, featuring
revealing images of a previously
inaccessible Tibet, was published to
wide international acclaim.
Soon after, he was commissioned to
cover a variety of culturally newsworthy
themes, ranging from the Russian
involvement in Afghanistan and the
ongoing strife between India and
Pakistan in Kashmir to the beginning of
the war in former Yugoslavia.
In early 1994 he and his Dutch wife
produced Literary Portraits...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography