For a century and a half, mountain images by their beauty have largely gained from its influence, its frequentation and its development. But they are also a tool in the service of science, fixing the transformation of landscapes, habitats... Over 150 years, the Tairraz dynasty photographed the mountain. Four generations of photographers have magnified the Mont-Blanc massif. From the first photograph taken at the summit of Mont-Blanc in 1861 to the present day, this art is at the origin of many mountaineering vocations and has largely contributed to the tourist development of these formerly ignored valleys. Here is the wonderful story of a dynasty of photographers, the Tairraz, which stretches from 1861 to the dawn of the 2000s.

During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the cont...

Fred Beckey is the legendary American "Dirtbag" mountaineer whose name is spoken in hushed tones aro...

Brian Blessed plays George Mallory in this intrepid recreation of his ill fated 1924 climb to Everes...

A young woman of the Tarahumara, well-known for their extraordinary long distance running abilities,...

If Sidik manages to spot a leopard in his beloved mountains of Kurdistan, the area can be declared a...
In 1924, British climber George Mallory and his partner Andrew Irvine attempted to conquer Everest f...

Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives...

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m ...

Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mou...

On 15 May, 2006, double amputee Mark Inglis reached the summit of Mt Everest. It was a remarkable ac...

Kick off the season with Warren Miller’s Timeless, presented by Volkswagen, as we celebrate 70 years...

Filmed over 23 years, Rise of the Warrior Apes tells the epic story of an extraordinary troop of chi...

The first ascent of the Matterhorn was made on July 14, 1865 by Edward Whymper, Francis Douglas, Cha...

The American mountaineer Gary Hemming marked the era of the 1960s. The story of this "exceptional" c...

It is a fact that our winters are less and less cold. Therefore it is harder and harder to get the c...

In 2013 Velindre Cancer Care asked Rhod to lead an expedition to climb Kilimanjaro, the 19,341 ft hi...

A tragic expedition to the Himalayas, told by the great mountaineer Reinhold Messner, who lost his b...