1932 Print Chile Alfred Buckham Ibanez Nitrate Scenery Landscape Mountain FZ1

This is an original 1932 color print of the Andes mountains. The caption writes, "The crest of the Andes over which deposed President Ibáñez flew home from exile in Argentina only three weeks ago when a new turn of nitrate-politik brought his friends again to power." The Andes is home to the tallest mountain in the Americas, Aconcagua, which raises up to 22,841 feet. Photography for this gorgeous image was by Captain Alfred Buckham. Buckham started his photography career in 1908 and in 1917, and became a reconnaissance photographer during World War I with the Royal Naval Air Service. Amazingly, Buckham was involved in nine crashes and was never seriously injured. Buckham felt his best shots came while he was standing up-- he is quoted as saying, "if one's right leg is tied to the seat with a scarf or a piece of rope, it is possible to work in perfect security." Buckham originally wanted to become a painter, but after spending a day at the National Gallery and looking at Turner's paint