Darjeeling, William Cope
Darjeeling is one of a trilogy of books on Indian Mountain railways by William Cope, showing how an essentially horizontal technology can deny the vertical. The journey begins at Sealdah Station, Calcutta, with the Darjeeling Mail. After an overnight journey of 359 miles, passengers change at New Jalpaiguri Junction onto the 2ft gauge Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Eight hours, 50 miles and 6,500 feet later, the high peaks of the Himalayas spring into view and the train arrives in Darjeeling.
The trilogy focuses on Indian mountain railways: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in West Bengal, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu, and the Matheran Hill Railway in Maharastra. In their precipitous landscapes, these three railways are without doubt beautiful. The pictures speak to that. However, in his introductory texts accompanying the photographs, William Cope also explores the often-difficult human stories behind each railway and every image. His question for these lines: what does the railway mean?
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William Cope traveled the lines photographed in these books in 1977, 1981, and 2013. His photographs can be found on the internet at The Rail Way.
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Specifications:
Perfect Bound
8” x 8” Inches
67 pages; 26 photographs
Limited Edition of 100; numbered and signed
All images © William Cope
ISBN: 978-1-962415-01-9
Darjeeling is one of a trilogy of books on Indian Mountain railways by William Cope, showing how an essentially horizontal technology can deny the vertical. The journey begins at Sealdah Station, Calcutta, with the Darjeeling Mail. After an overnight journey of 359 miles, passengers change at New Jalpaiguri Junction onto the 2ft gauge Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Eight hours, 50 miles and 6,500 feet later, the high peaks of the Himalayas spring into view and the train arrives in Darjeeling.
The trilogy focuses on Indian mountain railways: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in West Bengal, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu, and the Matheran Hill Railway in Maharastra. In their precipitous landscapes, these three railways are without doubt beautiful. The pictures speak to that. However, in his introductory texts accompanying the photographs, William Cope also explores the often-difficult human stories behind each railway and every image. His question for these lines: what does the railway mean?
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William Cope traveled the lines photographed in these books in 1977, 1981, and 2013. His photographs can be found on the internet at The Rail Way.
****
Specifications:
Perfect Bound
8” x 8” Inches
67 pages; 26 photographs
Limited Edition of 100; numbered and signed
All images © William Cope
ISBN: 978-1-962415-01-9
Darjeeling is one of a trilogy of books on Indian Mountain railways by William Cope, showing how an essentially horizontal technology can deny the vertical. The journey begins at Sealdah Station, Calcutta, with the Darjeeling Mail. After an overnight journey of 359 miles, passengers change at New Jalpaiguri Junction onto the 2ft gauge Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Eight hours, 50 miles and 6,500 feet later, the high peaks of the Himalayas spring into view and the train arrives in Darjeeling.
The trilogy focuses on Indian mountain railways: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in West Bengal, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in Tamil Nadu, and the Matheran Hill Railway in Maharastra. In their precipitous landscapes, these three railways are without doubt beautiful. The pictures speak to that. However, in his introductory texts accompanying the photographs, William Cope also explores the often-difficult human stories behind each railway and every image. His question for these lines: what does the railway mean?
****
William Cope traveled the lines photographed in these books in 1977, 1981, and 2013. His photographs can be found on the internet at The Rail Way.
****
Specifications:
Perfect Bound
8” x 8” Inches
67 pages; 26 photographs
Limited Edition of 100; numbered and signed
All images © William Cope
ISBN: 978-1-962415-01-9