Jimmy Chin is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, National Geographic photographer, and professional mountain sports athlete. He has led or participated in cutting-edge expeditions around the world for over twenty years, including significant first ascents on all seven continents, and his photographs have graced the covers of National Geographic Magazine and the New York Times Magazine. Jimmy also co-produces and co-directs with his wife, Chai Vasarhelyi. Their film Meru won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and was on the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary Feature. Their documentary Free Solo won a BAFTA, seven primetime Emmys, and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Jimmy, Chai, and their two children split their time between New York City and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
"In There and Back, Jimmy Chin tells the story of his
remarkable life through a selection of breathtaking photos
accompanied by passages of insightful text. The end result is an
extraordinary work of art."-Jon Krakauer
"Many of us will never risk our lives to see what Jimmy Chin sees,
but in these pages, his photography will transport you to the
razor's edge, challenging your perceptions of what humans can
achieve."-Brie Larson
"Jimmy Chin is one of the most widely traveled and experienced
adventure photographers on Earth, and this collection is an
absolute tour de force. I read this book in a single sitting and
finished feeling inspired to take on the world."-Alex
Honnold
"Jimmy's photography takes you on a journey to places few have ever
visited. No one else is capable of capturing such beauty while
hanging by a thread from a towering rock face or skiing down the
legendary slopes of Mount Everest. It is a pleasure to finally have
all his most iconic images in one volume. I can't wait for you to
get lost in the poetry he has unearthed at the most extreme corners
of our planet."-Paul Nicklen
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