19th century mountaineer and photographer Vittorio Sella

In anticipation of my March trip to Georgia, I've been reading on the Caucasus and today ran into the work of Vittorio Sella.  It appears he is most well-know for his mountain landscapes and the published  books appear to be devoted to just this.  Of more interest are his ethnographic images of villages and village life.  

More on Sella:

Georgia Museum of Photography

http://www.photomuseum.org.ge/sella/photos_en.htm

Decaneas Archive

http://www.decaneasarchive.com/vsella.html

Photographs of 19th century Svaneti

http://georgiaabout.com/2014/03/18/photographs-of-19th-century-svaneti/

Photographs of Vittorio Sella

http://georgiaabout.com/2012/09/23/about-history-photographs-of-vittorio-sella/

Andrew Smith Gallery (mostly text)

http://www.andrewsmithgallery.com/exhibitions/vittoriosella/amccollection/

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Sella

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