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The Times (London), UK
April 6, 2013 Saturday
Edition 1; Ireland
Going to incredible heights to get a photo
A daring photographer captured this image while hanging from a rock
130ft above the ground.
Sam Bie travels around the world in search of crags that will allow
him to capture some magnificent shots.
In his latest set, he followed the climber Alex Chabot, 31, right, to
the climbing sites of Gorni Gorge, above, and Arpa Gorge near Yerevan,
the capital of Armenia.
Mr Bie, 40, likes to vary where he shoots from, but he said that he
preferred to take his photos while climbing alongside his subject.
The photographer, from Laroque, near Montpellier, France, said: "Like
surfers who search for a new wave, climbers seek new cliffs.
"I use tools like the internet, Facebook and Google Earth to find new
cliffs and that's how I found these beautiful crags. Only a few
inexperienced locals were known to have climbed these basalt cliffs.
"I like to shoot from ropes while climbing, as well as from above the
rocks where I can get some incredible perspectives and see the
climber's face.
"But what is special about these Armenian cliffs is that from the
ground I can also capture some incredible images."
Having started climbing in his youth, Mr Bie is also a climbing guide
and has been a professional photographer for 18 years.
From: Baghdasarian
April 6, 2013 Saturday
Edition 1; Ireland
Going to incredible heights to get a photo
A daring photographer captured this image while hanging from a rock
130ft above the ground.
Sam Bie travels around the world in search of crags that will allow
him to capture some magnificent shots.
In his latest set, he followed the climber Alex Chabot, 31, right, to
the climbing sites of Gorni Gorge, above, and Arpa Gorge near Yerevan,
the capital of Armenia.
Mr Bie, 40, likes to vary where he shoots from, but he said that he
preferred to take his photos while climbing alongside his subject.
The photographer, from Laroque, near Montpellier, France, said: "Like
surfers who search for a new wave, climbers seek new cliffs.
"I use tools like the internet, Facebook and Google Earth to find new
cliffs and that's how I found these beautiful crags. Only a few
inexperienced locals were known to have climbed these basalt cliffs.
"I like to shoot from ropes while climbing, as well as from above the
rocks where I can get some incredible perspectives and see the
climber's face.
"But what is special about these Armenian cliffs is that from the
ground I can also capture some incredible images."
Having started climbing in his youth, Mr Bie is also a climbing guide
and has been a professional photographer for 18 years.
From: Baghdasarian