Exhibition of Expedition to Pakistan Khan Valley Automatic translate

The purpose of the exposition is to show "the peaks that no one has been to."

From January 9 to February 23, the Khan Valley photo exhibition will take place in the Gallery of Classical Photography.

The photographs presented at the exposition were taken by Russian climbers Konstantin Markevich and Anton Ivanov in August 2019 during an expedition to the Khan Valley in northeast Pakistan - one of the few remaining “blank spots” on the map.

Today there are fewer and fewer unexplored places on Earth, however, climbers inspired by a thirst for discoveries prove to us that on the planet you can still find little-studied places and peaks that "no one has been to" before.

During the expedition, the team managed to explore the little-known mountain region and make three first ascents to the peaks of Ilford Peak (Hasho Peak II) 6080 meters high, Tangra Tower - 5820 and Trident - 5780 meters.

The Khan Valley is still one of the least explored areas of Pakistan, and we are aware of only a few successful expeditions and ascents in this region that were completed in 1990-2000. Thus, this expedition became a new stage in the development of this territory.

At the exhibition "Valley of the Khan" photographs of various genres are presented: landscapes, portraits, reportage photographs. All photographs were taken during the month of the expedition on black and white film.

Photographic works for the exhibition are printed manually on silver-gelatin barite paper. The author’s press has artistic and collection value, because in this way the photographer can convey to the viewer as much as possible those feelings and ideas that visited him at the time of shooting.

The objective of the exhibition is not only to acquaint the viewer with the amazing landscapes of the valley and provide him with the opportunity to see one of the most secluded corners of our planet, but also to convey the unique atmosphere and mood of the expedition. To help the audience feel the excitement of mountaineering and understand its essence, show the mentality and life values ​​of people living in those parts. We want to open to the viewer a different world, which is completely different from modern Western reality, and people who, being in harsh conditions, can be happy and live in harmony with themselves and with the surrounding nature.

Konstantin Markevich

PARTICIPANT OF THE EXHIBITION, CLIMBER, PHOTOGRAPHER

• Master of sports in mountaineering.
• Winner of the championships of Russia, the world (EAMA), as well as regional in different mountaineering classes.
• Badge "Salvation in the mountains."
• The best climber of Moscow 2013, 2014, 2017 (competition FAIS Moscow).
• Top Climbings:

- First ascent to the peak of Trango Nameless Tower, 6Б (2nd place in the Czech Republic 2017, 2nd place in the EAMA 2017 championship, short list of the Golden Ice Ax of Russia 2017).

- Winter first ascent to Sabah peak, 6A (1st place in the Czech Republic 2017, 2nd place in the EAMA 2017 championship, short list of the Golden Ice Ax of Russia 2017).

- Climbing the peak of Ushba Yuzhnaya, 6A (3rd place at the Moscow Championship 2016).

- Ascent to Asan, 6A (Rusyaev’s route, 4th place in the full-time Czech Republic).

- First ascent to Svarog peak, 6B (1st place at the Moscow Championship 2014, short list of the Golden Ice Ax of Russia 2014).

- Winter ascent to the peak of Free Korea, 6A. Two winter ascent to the peak of Boxing, 5B, 5B.

- First ascent to the 5th Crown Tower, 6A (in two).

- Climbing to the 5th Crown Tower, 6A (Balezin route, in two).

ANTON IVANOV

EXHIBITOR, PHOTOGRAPHER

• He has been engaged in medium and large format black and white film photography for more than 15 years.
• Participant of analog photography exhibitions in Russia, Germany, France, Japan and Italy.
• He is one of the founders of the Art of Foto project and the art director of the gallery of the same name in St. Petersburg.
• He participated in master classes in manual printing and toning in Germany at Heiland electronic and Moersch Photochemie, as well as in a master class by John Secton (USA) Black and White Fine Art Printing.
• After developing the captured material, Anton prints black-and-white photographs manually manually on silver gelatin barite paper.

Photo expeditions:

- Member of the expeditions "Journey to Russia" (2013).

- Member of the expeditions "Disappearing Tribes" (Indonesia, New Guinea, 2017).

- He climbed Mount Elbrus twice with a large format film camera (13x18 cm). The result of these photo expeditions was the personal exhibition “Elbrus. Two peaks ”(2019).