Colin Prior is an acclaimed landscape photographer with almost four decades of experience. He seeks out patterns in the landscape and the hidden links between reality and the imagination. His images capturing sublime moments of light and land are the result of meticulous planning, and often take years to achieve. His previous books include Living Tribes (2003), The World's Wild Places (2006) and Scotland's Finest Landscapes (2014). In 2020 Merrell will also publish Prior's book on birds' eggs and natural habitats, Fragile. Among Prior's awards are the National Adventure Awards, Business Category Winner (2015), and the Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture (2020). He has been the subject of three BBC documentaries entitled Mountain Man.
In every critical aspect, The Karakoram is a phenomenal achievement. This book and these photographs truly are the summits of Colin Prior's lifelong journey of the imagination. Highly recommended - on landscape the online magazine for landscape photographers An ideal and unreservedly recommended acquisition for any community, college, and university library Landscape Photography collection and the personal reading lists for anyone with an interest in mountaineering - Midwest Book Review