This book is conceived as a companion to the festival Alt. +1000. High Altitude features works of contemporary imagemakers who approach the mountain in its varied, multiple states. The famous tandscape photographer OI.af Otto Becket has been invited to make a portrait of a natural park located in the foothil.[s of the A[ps. Unspoiled nature versus the man-attered mountain--a dichotomy that has sparked the imaginations of generations of mountain lovers--will thus be interpreted by a selected group of talented artists, whose visions are far removed from those of tourist postcards.

Preface/Preface

Marco Costantini, Louis Paschoud, Nicol.as Savary

Introduction. Ce desir de montagne/This Desire for the Mountain

Nathalie Herschdorfer

Olaf Otto Becker: En residence /In-Residence

Nathal.ie Herschdorfer

Comme une image/Like an Image

Bernard Debarbieux

Identite et heritage. Le concours AIt. +1000/

Identity and Heritage: The AIt. +1000 Competition.

Elena Foster

Laureats du concours/Competition Winners

Noemie Richard

Optique alpine/Alpine Optics

Tobia Bezzota

Altitude. Travaux du Royal College of Art de Londres/

Altitude: Works by the Royal College of Art, London

OI.ivier Richon

Premieres explorations: Les photographes decouvrent la montagne/

First Steps: Photographers Discover the Mountain

Marta Caraion

Remerciements / Acknowledgments

Index