Things you will need:
- A GPS capable device
- A camera (preferably 10 + megapixels) with at least a 28mm lens. You don’t need a fancy DSLR to take good photos.
- Prints of the historic photos in the area you are planning on traveling in.
- And of course, all the other personal and safety gear necessary for traveling in the backcountry.
Before leaving home:
- Visit the sections on repeating photographs in either the Sierra Nevada or the Andes
- Find the area you will be traveling in and download the photo documents.
- These documents contain the historic photograph, information about its location, and the GPS coordinates for the photopoint.
- We also have .gpx files to download these coordinates onto your GPS unit.
- Print these photos out on standard paper. We like double-sided as it’s lighter to carry in the backcountry.
Check out this video for some more specific information on the process of repeating photos in the field.
In the field:
- Navigate to the photo location using a GPS and looking at the historic photo. Pay attention to the landscape, you should be able to see roughly where the photo was taken from.
- Once you find it, get excited! You are looking at a view of the past,
standing where someone else stood maybe a century ago… - Take the photo!
- We have included the approximate time of day for each photo as it is great to match up the shadows. If you are not at a photo point at the right time, don’t worry, we still really appreciate the data.
On returning home:
- Send us an email at jonathan@alpineamericas.com or edgardo@alpineamericas.comwith your photo as an attachment.
- Please include the name of the photopoint, and any other notes about weather, time of day, changes you notice, etc.
- Let us know how your experience repeating a historic photo was. We’d love to hear what you think about seeing these differences in these alpine regions!
Hi there.
I am just a turist and amateur photografer from Brazil. But I`gonna trip to patagonia for 3 weeks each year for the next 10 years… if my pictures may help you, let me know will be a real pleasure.
My next trip will be november 2013 to El Chalten. Huemul Circuit will be my hike, and if the weather cooperate maybe paso del cuadrado and Polone Glaciar. If everything will be all right, I wll se the Viedna Glacier, South Ice Cap, Huemul Glaciar, tunel Glaciar and more….
February 14 will be Bariloche, Nahuel Mauipi traverse.
If you know some tip to me, where to find old pictures of these places, let me know.
sorry about my english skills…
Thanks for contacting us! Si prefieres español, podemos usar esto. Lo siento que nuestra página web aún no está en español o portugués. There are many photos near El Chalten that would be very useful to repeat. We are building a database of photos that we need help repeating in the next few weeks, and will let you know when that is up to help you plan your trip. Saludos, Jonathan