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Above the clouds

Between 2008 and 2013 I shot a series of landscapes from the Arlberg mountains in Austria around the villages of Lech and Zurs. A book of the works,above the clouds will be published in September 2013 by Lecturis. A permanent display of the works is on show at the Aurelio Hotel,Lech.

All images are available as limited edition prints, signed , numbered and dated by Tim. Prices and sizes upon request

Above the Clouds documents Tims journey into the mountains above the villages of Lech and Zurs in Austria; his mountainscapes explore the fragile relationship between the natural world and those that venture within it.


Tim has a longstanding affinity with the mountains of Europe, having skiied with his family from a young age. “Perhaps my motivation was based on nostalgia,” he says. “I wanted to capture the sense of excitement and surrealness of seeing a place for the first time.” The Arlberg was unfamiliar to him when he arrived in 2008 but he was immediately struck by the grace and serenity of the scenery.


His pictures capture the wonder he felt travelling up the Rufikopf cable car for the first time, the clouds lifting to reveal a snow-covered panorama. “As a photographer one always hopes for that magic moment when an image literally falls into the lens – it kept happening in Lech,” he explains. “The joy of the Arlberg is that the scenery is gentle as well as being vast and monumental. I feel a huge sense of excitement whenever I am here.”


“I have tried to create a sense of the drama that you feel up in the mountains but also the quiet,” he says. His compositions are thus simple – suggestive rather than specific. He uses a square format camera to allow as much space into the composition as possible, conveying the silence of high altitude and that feeling of solitude and trepidation that is felt on a ski tour or climb. “I am a great believer that less visual information creates a more powerful impact,” says Hall.


Tims choice of subject matter combined with the chosen moment to shoot , the camera format and his use of a particular film stock results in pictures that blur the line between photograph and painting , giving an elusive, Turner-esque feel. As Hubert Schwarzler, former head of tourism for Lech commented, Tim Hall simply paints with his camera.

Many of the scenes included in the collection are immediately recognizable to those who are familiar with the Arlberg but others are more abstract.  Grand Tour shows two people disappearing along an isolated track above the Monzabonsee, with the clouds descending. “I like the way that the figures are so exposed to nature , battling against the conditions, yet  in charge of their own destiny.” 

The mountainscapes in Above the Clouds will, Tim hopes, lead the viewer beyond the particular scene to a memory or space in their mind that reminds them of an experience of their own.  “I like the idea that in their more abstract nature my pictures might take you to a more spiritual place.”

Zurs
Zurs
Chairlift
Chairlift
Grand Tour
Grand Tour
Red Run
Red Run
The Lesson l
The Lesson l
The Lesson II
The Lesson II
The Lesson III
The Lesson III
Schleglkopf II
Schleglkopf II
Masterclass
Masterclass
ArlbergIII
ArlbergIII
Icy Mountain
Icy Mountain
Winter Dress
Winter Dress
Blue Run
Blue Run
Powder Blue ll
Powder Blue ll
Windswept
Windswept
Mountain Path
Mountain Path
Home Run
Home Run
Lonely Skier
Lonely Skier
Trittkopf
Trittkopf
Omeshorn lV
Omeshorn lV
Ski Route
Ski Route
Zugerhochlicht
Zugerhochlicht
Misty Mountain
Misty Mountain
Winter Trees
Winter Trees
Glacius
Glacius
Snow Shadows
Snow Shadows
Above the Clouds
Above the Clouds
Into the unknown
Into the unknown
Snowdrift
Snowdrift
Omeshorn
Omeshorn
Rufikopf Panorama
Rufikopf Panorama
Gipslocher
Gipslocher
Valluga l
Valluga l
Biberkopf , Lech
Biberkopf , Lech
After The Storm
After The Storm
Hidden Valley
Hidden Valley
Hundskopt
Hundskopt
Arlberg IV
Arlberg IV
Arlberg IV
Arlberg IV
Rufispitz
Rufispitz
Burstegg
Burstegg
Spring mountain slopes view
Spring mountain slopes view
Stubenbach
Stubenbach
Curious cow
Curious cow
Zugerhochlicht Summer
Zugerhochlicht Summer
Valley through the mountains
Valley through the mountains
Autumn light
Autumn light
Mountain Huts
Mountain Huts
Mountain Hut III
Mountain Hut III
Zug forest
Zug forest
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