Frozen Surfaces: the entangled history of photography and Alpine tourism

Benedict Flett: “I’m a photographer and writer from London. My photographic practice began with early projects in Belarus and London that examined the impact of discourses of ‘progress’ on the built and natural environment.
In recent years, my focus has shifted towards landscape – mythic, wild and rationalised. One of the best things I ever did was walk the Pennine Way during my gap year, and I haven’t stopped pounding the paths of Britain since.
My interests span archives, topography, satellite imagery, mythology, and time.

Frozen Surfaces: the entangled history of photography and Alpine tourism — benedict flett

Benedict Flett traces the intertwined histories of Alpine tourism and photography, examining how photographic technologies and representations helped transform glaciers and the Alps into objects of tourism, spectacle and cultural meaning.

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Benedict Flett. Frozen Surfaces: the entangled history of photography and Alpine tourism — benedict flett
benedict flett.
https://www.benedictflett.com/blog/frozen-surfaces
Accessed 22 August 2026.
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