STEVE RAZZETTI MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY AND JOURNALISM

TURKEY 2008

These images were taken on a press trip to the Kaçkar mountains in Eastern Turkey. This range rises inland from the Black Sea and is an extension of the Caucasus.  

My thanks to Kate Clow for inviting me along, and to the Turkish Ministry of Tourism for giving us first class flights from London to Istanbul.  

You can find out more about this sensational area here 

  • Yusufeli is on the Çoruh river in the province of Artvin.
  • Mevlut is fighting to save his municipality from being submerged by a proposed hydro electric dam. You can find out about this much criticised project and the campaign to sto it here. In this picture Mevlut stands in front of a display in the cultural museum he has opened in town. It would be a tragedy of this valley was to be flooded.
  • Tenth century Georgian church
  • Tenth century Georgian church
  • Stefano Ardito crossing the Barhal River
  • Stefano Ardito, Kate Clow and guide Kerim from Middle Earth Travels.
  • At Sura Yayla on the climb to the Zitlop Sirti ridge
  • Watching a thunderstorm approaching
  • On the Zitlop Sirti ridge above Sura Yayla.This picture © Stefano Ardito
  • Dinner at Sarigol
  • Kate Clow at Barhal
  • Barhal villager
  • Barhal village
  • Barhal village
  • Barhal Church
  • Naznara Yayla
  • Saribullat
  • Saribullat
  • On the Saribullat ridge
  • Barhal villager
  • Yaylalar villager
  • Above Mikelis village
  • Above Halime Yayla
  • Below a 2750m col on our descent back into the Çoruh valley
  • The highest peak int the Kaçkar range at 3937m
  • in the Çoruh valley
  • Party at Yaylalar
  • Trying on her snow shoes at Dupeduzu (2700m) ready for a crossing of the Neletleme Pass
  • At Dupeduzu
  • Paul Maes
  • Yvonne Kerr at Dupeduzu
  • Approaching the Neletleme Pass
  • Preparing to snow-shoe off over the Neletleme Pass
  • Heading up to the col and into a white-out
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  • On the Neletleme Pass
  • Crossing a river below the Neletleme PassThis photograph © Stefano Ardito
  • Forest at Ayder
  • Ayder village
  • Forest at Ayder
  • Ayder villager
  • Ayder villager
  • Man in a tea-shop
  • Trabzon
  • Kebab restaurant proprietor
  • Football crazy kids
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