The Mountain Images Picture Gallery
The Scottish Highlands, Snowdonia, The Lake District, The Himalayas and Karakoram
Ian Evans is an accomplished and respected Scottish-based mountain photographer, writer and speaker on the mountains of Britain and The Himalaya.
His images and the accompanying narrative showcased on this website represent not only a stunning and perceptive interpretation of some of the world’s most magnificent mountain landscapes, but they are also a personal record of one man’s search for adventure that reaches out to the very roof of the world.
The Classic Mountain Views
” I am passionate about, and dedicated to, the photography of classic, natural and traditional views of mountains in the very best of conditions.
Each and every image is a true and accurate representation of the view I saw on the day that I captured it. “
A Passion for the Mountains
I am a mountaineer, photographer and writer, passionate about walking and climbing the mountains of Britain and The Himalaya. I was born and educated in Liverpool but now live in the village of Invermoriston in the Scottish Highlands. My interest was first awakened in the mountains of Snowdonia, and further inspired by the photographers of the pre and post war expeditions to the major peaks of the Himalaya and Karakoram.
A Distinctive Style
The images displayed within the pages of my Mountain Picture Gallery exhibit a distinctive style dedicated to the capture of classic, natural and traditional views of mountains in the very best of conditions. I keep my use of creative filters to the absolute minimum and carry out only the most basic post-capture corrective work in the studio. Each and every image that I have posted on this website is a genuine representation of the view that I saw on the day.
The Himalayan Adventures
I embarked upon my ‘Himalayan Adventures’ in 1979 and in the years that followed I established commercial relationships with several specialist travel companies including Mountain Travel Nepal, The Ultimate Travel Company and KE Adventure Travel. For nearly 40 years, with their encouragement and support, I organised and led numerous trekking, climbing and photographic expeditions to Nepal, Pakistan, India, Sikkim, Tibet and Bhutan.
At the time they were accomplished, many of these expeditions were pioneering and required detailed research and planning. They would, in time, provide me with the opportunity to visit and to photograph some of the remotest valleys, the longest glaciers and the highest peaks of the Himalaya and Karakoram including, amongst many others, Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga. In this section of the website I have reproduced extracts from the many detailed accounts of these expeditions that I was asked to provide for the outdoor magazines of the period..
The Himalayan Adventures
Makalu - East of Everest
” The final objective was almost in sight. I took a momentary glance back down towards the rubble of the lower Barun Glacier and then pressed on towards the small col above. I struggled for every breath, cursing my clumsy body for not keeping pace with my mental impatience. Slowly the ground ahead levelled out and then, from behind a ridge, Makalu finally appeared.
Rising high above me into a clear blue sky the world’s fifth highest mountain, and one of the truly great peaks of the Himalaya, stood in proud isolation; its steep flanks of pink granite sweeping up from beautiful valleys and complex glacier systems. Comforted by the warmth of the bright morning sun, I sat to relax beside a glacial lake at the foot of Makalu’s great south face. There I reflected upon the long and challenging journey upon which I had embarked and which had brought me to this incredible place. “
Photograph : The South Face of Makalu from the Barun Glacier, Nepal.
