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""Fidelman: A Body of Work"" is a captivating retrospective book that chronicles legendary climber Dean Fidelman's career as a photographer. From the daring pioneers of the 1970s to his work on sound stages, and culminating with the groundbreaking ""Stone Nudes"" series, Fidelman's images offer a breathtaking exploration of the climbing world throughout the decades. The book goes beyond stunning visuals, for it celebrates the transformative power of climbing and the beauty of capturing life's fleeting moments through the lens.

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""Most of Fidelman's subjects belong in the wild places, the figures blending so organically into the ground that we approach the promised land of art: when the subject and the milieu of occupy the same being space. No sightseers. No dichotomies. Harmony, wholeness -- however you put it, we can no more reduce any of this to parts that we can break Hendrix down to notes, or Stevens down to words.""--John Long

"""Most of Fidelman's subjects belong in the wild places, the figures blending so organically into the ground that we approach the promised land of art: when the subject and the milieu of occupy the same being space. No sightseers. No dichotomies. Harmony, wholeness -- however you put it, we can no more reduce any of this to parts that we can break Hendrix down to notes, or Stevens down to words.""--John Long"

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Dean Fidelman has been climbing and photographing climbers for more than forty years. When he was sixteen years old, he befriended legendary Yosemite climbers John Bachar and John Long, and his photographic documentation of Yosemite's legendary ""Stone Masters"" began. In 2009 Fidelman teamed up with John Long and coauthored The Stone Masters about Yosemite in the 1950s, and The Valley Climbers. His project Stone Nudes began in 1999, with twenty calendars and a self-published book released in 2010. John Long is an American rock climber and author of over forty book titles. His how-to books on adventure sports have been industry leaders for twenty years. His books Advanced Rock Climbing and The Stonemasters: California Rock Climbers in the Seventiesboth won the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival for Mountain Exposition, and he is the 2006 recipient of the Literary Award from the American Alpine Club, their highest honor.

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