Tuesday Tangents - High Himalaya by Eric Valli

Photo Credit : Eric Valli

Eric Valli is a French photographer and film director. Valli spent most of his career as a geographical photographer working for the National Geographic Magazine and The Sunday Times, capturing more inaccessible locations in the world on camera.

He specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert on the Himalaya Mountains, and in 1999, he directed the adventure film Himalaya about survival in the Himalayas starring Thilen Londup which became the first Nepalese film to be nominated for a Best Foreign Film Award at the Oscars.