4,478M · ZERMATT, SWITZERLAND
Mountain
Photography
For all those that commune in the mountains
For all those that commune in the mountains
For over forty years Alex W. Milne has documented life at altitude — from Himalayan base camps to Scottish corries and the granite spires above Chamonix. A Fellow of the Geological Society and Associate of the Royal Photographic Society, his work reads landscape as evidence: ice retreating, weather turning, people carrying on regardless.
Ridgelines, seracs and the high traverses above Chamonix and Zermatt, through changing seasons and changing ice.
View the Alps gallery →
Base camps, prayer flags and the long walk toward Everest — a range documented across four decades of return visits.
View the Himalaya gallery →
Lochs, corries and low winter light in the Highlands, closer to home but no less demanding of the light.
View Scottish Landscapes →
Beyond the summits: people living and working in and around the mountains, in Nepal, Bangladesh and further afield.
View Documentary →
Faces from the same journeys — guides, porters and passers-by, mostly met once and photographed on trust.
View Portraits →