For nearly 2 decades, professional photographer Jim Herrington has been
\nworking on a portrait series of influential rock and mountain climbers. The
\nClimbers documents these rugged individualists who, from roughly the 1930s to
\n1970s, used primitive gear along with their considerable wits, talent, and
\nfortitude to tackle unscaled peaks around the world. Today, these men and
\nwomen are renowned for their past accomplishments and, in many cases, are the
\nlast of the remaining practitioners from the so-called Golden Age of 20th
\ncentury climbing.<\/p>\n
The Climbers is a twenty year photography project that celebrates personages
\nfrom the Golden Age of climbing. The portraits document in searing detail many
\nof the preeminent founders of the sport. These innovators, some of the most
\nadventurous of all time, were active in a unique period of unbridled
\nexploration.<\/p>\n
Now aged beyond their most active years, the visible mortality and frailty of
\nthe subjects alerts us to a reality often glossed over by the dominant cult of
\nyouth in adventure sports. As survivors of intense experiences, the effects of
\nlives spent in pursuit of extremes is made obvious. Jim Herrington renders in
\nimages captured on black and white film a simulacrum of the subjects‘
\ngroundbreaking spirit.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"