A view near the top of Mont Blanc c. 1910

Curator: Hey there! What's catching your eye today? Editor: This silver gelatin print, “A view near the top of Mont Blanc” by George Perry Ashley Abraham. It's a stark landscape, so austere, with a cool and distant mood. What strikes you about it? Curator: You know, it's like stepping into a dream, all peaks and whispers. The starkness, the monochrome… it almost feels like a memory fading at the edges. I wonder, did Abraham feel small against that grand backdrop, or emboldened? Editor: Small, probably! Though maybe both. It's humbling. Curator: Absolutely humbling. It reminds me that even the most breathtaking vistas are just fleeting moments captured in time. Thanks for pointing that out! Editor: Thanks to you too! I see it differently now.