Darjeeling Mountain |
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| Author:
| Cope, William |
| Photographer:
| Cope, William |
| ISBN: | 978-1-962415-01-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2024 |
| Publisher: | Immaterial Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Mountain: Darjeeling shows how an essentially horizontal technology can deny the vertical. This is one of three small photo books, each about an Indian mountain railway: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in West Bengal; the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu; and the Matheran Hill Railway in Maharastra. In their precipitous landscapes, these three railways are without doubt beautiful. The pictures speak to that. However, in his introduction to text accompanying the photographs,...
More DescriptionMountain: Darjeeling shows how an essentially horizontal technology can deny the vertical. This is one of three small photo books, each about an Indian mountain railway: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in West Bengal; the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu; and the Matheran Hill Railway in Maharastra. In their precipitous landscapes, these three railways are without doubt beautiful. The pictures speak to that. However, in his introduction to text accompanying the photographs, William Cope also explores the often-difficult human stories behind each railway and every image. His question for these lines: what does the railway mean?