Collectors' List No. 108 • 2004 Ice & Snow: Antarctica and Mt Everest

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Alfred Gregory (b.1913) ..Alfred Gregory, FBIPP, Hon FRPS, climber and explorer and professional photographer. A member of the successful British team which made the first ascent of Mt Everest in 1953, he was in charge of stills photography and, as a climbing member of the team, reached 28,000 feet (8,500 metres) in support of the successful Hillary Tenzing assault on the Summit. ..He was educated at Blackpool Grammar School in the UK and during World War II he was an officer in the Black Watch and served in North Africa and Italy. Before the war he climbed extensively in the Lake District, Scotland and the Alps and during the 1940s he led several new routes in Britain. In 1952 he was with Eric Shipton’s Cho Oyu expedition and throughout the 1950s he led several expeditions - to Rolwaling and the Gauri Shankar massif where 19 peaks were climbed and a plane table survey was made; and to Ama Dablam, Distigil Sar, Karakoram and Cordillera Blanca in Peru. ..For 20 years he worked freelance for Kodak UK, lecturing on photography and presenting his pictures to large audiences throughout Britain and Europe. ..He has spent a lifetime travelling on photographic assignments around the world and his pictures are still regularly syndicated to 35 countries. Along with his wife Sue he has produced many photojournalistic picture stories through the famous Tom Blau Camera Press News Agency in London. His work has been exhibited in throughout Britain, France, Belgium, America, Africa and Poland and Australia. ..Gregory has published three books: The Picture of Everest in 1953; Alfred Gregory’s Everest published for the 40th anniversary of the first ascent, and Blackpool a Celebration of the 60s. ..He and his wife now live outside Melbourne, Australia. ..It was not until 1991 that Alfred Gregory had access to his black-and-white negatives of the first ascent of Mt Everest in 1953 from the Royal Geographical Society, London. Prior to this time, only a handful of his photographs were printed. From 1991-92 Gregory printed from these negatives in preparation for the 40th anniversary of the ascent of Everest in 1993. ..Most of the black-and-white photographs are annotated verso: Everest, 1953, First Ascent, and were printed from 1991-92. The following mountaineering terms appear in some of the titles: col meaning pass, and cwn, a Welsh word, meaning high valley.
	01 First Ascent of Everest 1953/1985. C-type print (colour photo-graph); titled, dated and signed verso; 21 x 30.5cm.	$4,400
	02 Hillary and Tenzing... ...resting on way up to highest camp at 28,000ft, 1953/1985. C-type print (colour photograph); titled, dated and signed verso; 21 x 30.5cm. Illustrated in G. Craig, Everest, 50 Years of Struggle to Reach the Top of the World, London, 2002, p. 67; and J. Keay & S. Venables, Everest, Summit of Achievement, London, 2003, p. 176.	$6,600
	03 Pheriche in 1953 1953. C-type print (colour photograph); titled, dated and signed verso; 21.4 x 33cm. Illustrated in G. Band, Everest, The Official History. 50 Years on Top of the World, London, 2003, p. 142. Ref: AG28	$7,700
	04 Annallu... ...putting on high altitude boots, 1953/1992. Silver gelatin photograph; titled, dated & signed (twice) verso; 30x40cm. Ref: A27195/IMG0020	$2,200
	05 Base Camp Everest [tents], 1953/1992. Silver gelatin photograph; titled, dated and signed (twice) verso; 30 x 40cm. Ref: IMG6007A	$2,200
	06 Bourdillon and Evans Bourdillon (left) and Evans exhausted - at South Col – just back from South Summit, 1953/1992. Silver gelatin photograph; signed in image lower left, titled, dated and signed (twice) verso; 30 x 40cm. Illustrated in J. Keay & S. Venables, Everest, Summit of Achievement, London, 2003, p. 170. Ref: A27261 F/B1	$2,800
	07 Bourdillon and Evans Bourdillon and Evans returning to South Col from South Summit of Everest, 1953/1992. Silver gelatin photograph; titled, dated and signed (twice) verso; 30 x 40cm. Ref: EV530086	$2,200
	08 Everest Base Camp [tents and Mt Everest], 1953/1992. Silver gelatin photograph; signed in image lower left and in margin below with date; 30 x 40cm. Ref: A27154 F/B24	$3,300
	09 Everest Base Camp [tents with British flag], 1953/1992. Silver gelatin photograph; titled, dated and signed verso; 30 x 40cm. Ref: IMG60004A	$2,200
	10 Everest Icefall Mike’s horror (Mike Westmacott), 1953/1992. Silver gelatin photograph; signed in image, lower right, titled, dated and signed (twice) verso; 30 x 40cm. Ref: A27057 F/B30	$2,200