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品名（中）	[勃朗峰的上升]
品名（英）	[The Ascent of Mont Blanc]
入馆年号	1999年，2005.100.54
策展部门	摄影（Photographs）
创作者	Auguste-Rosalie Bisson【1826 至 1900】【法国人】
创作年份	公元 1861
创作地区
分类	照片（Photographs）
尺寸	图像: 39.6 x 23.7 厘米 (15 9/16 x 9 5/16 英寸) Mount: 63 x 45.7 厘米 (24 13/16 x 18 英寸)
介绍（中）	虽然运输摄影设备和处理湿火棉胶工艺的化学溶液从来都不是一项容易的任务，但在早期摄影史上，没有比攀登勃朗峰和在阿尔卑斯山最高峰上拍摄风景更大胆的挑战了。1860年，Bisson Frères家族试图实现这一目标，但没有成功。第二年，年轻的Bisson在一名经验丰富的导游和25名搬运工的帮助下实现了这一目标。搬运工携带着他的盘子、相机、化学品和便携式暗室帐篷。尽管经历了令人麻痹的寒冷、令人目眩的暴风雪、雪崩，以及高海拔探险带来的恶心和眩晕，该团队还是于1861年7月25日登上了15781英尺的顶峰。比森曝光了三张底片只有在他的主要目标实现后，Bisson才停止了下降，以便再次搭建帐篷和摄像机，将人物摆出象征他们攀登的姿势，并拍摄"攀登"的照片（尽管背景中的高雪坡上可以看到团队的足迹）。Bisson为他的巴黎客户带来了一种几乎没有人会意识到的虚拟体验，他是众多摄影师之一，他们对全球的探索极大地扩大了19世纪城市观众的已知世界。
介绍（英）	While the transport of photographic equipment and the manipulation of chemical solutions for the wet collodion process was never an easy task, no more audacious challenge was undertaken in the early history of photography than the ascent of Mont Blanc and the making of views at the summit of the highest peak in the Alps. Attempted unsuccessfully by the Bisson Frères in 1860, the goal was achieved by the younger Bisson the following year, aided by an experienced guide and twenty-five porters carrying his plates, cameras, chemicals, and portable darkroom tent. Notwithstanding the paralyzing cold, a blinding snowstorm, avalanches, and the expected nausea and vertigo of high-altitude exploration, the team reached the 15,781-foot summit on July 25, 1861. Bisson exposed three negatives. It was only after his primary goal had been achieved that Bisson halted his descent in order to set up the tent and cameras once again, pose the figures in positions emblematic of their climb, and make pictures of the "ascent" (though the team's tracks are visible on the high snowy slope in the background). Bringing his Parisian clientele a virtual experience few would ever realize in fact, Bisson was one of many photographers whose explorations of the globe dramatically expanded the known world for nineteenth-century urban audiences.