The Summer Series

In 2008, art patrons and managing partners of the Aspen Skiing Company, Paula and Jim Crown, invited artist Walter Niedermayr to visit Aspen Snowmass to photograph the four mountains and surrounding landscape. The completed body of work, The Aspen Series, became a contemporary document of the region. The completed pieces were installed at various locations throughout the resort: Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, and Snowmass, in on-mountain restaurants, ticket offices, and The Little Nell and The Limelight Hotel Aspen.

The Aspen Summer Series' multi-panel compositions were completed over the course of one year. The works feature four alpine locations photographed from different vantage points.






Art in Unexpected Places

Walter Niedermayr was born in Bolzano, Italy in 1952. Niedermayr began photographing the landscape in 1987 and is recognized worldwide for his large scale photographs presented as multi-panel works. His projects include Alpine Landscapes (1987), Rohbauten/Shell Constructions (1987), Raumfolgen Space con/Sequences (1991), Artefakte/Artifacts (1992), Bildraum/Space Images (2000). Published in 1992, the artist’s monograph entitled Die bleichen Berge/The Pale Mountains portrayed the alpine landscapes for the first time. In 2000, the artist also began to work with video. Learn more about the artist at www.walterniedermayr.com.

ASPEN 125, 2014
Two color digital inkjet prints
51 5/8 x 83 1/8 in
131 x 208 cm

ASPEN 153, 2014
Two Color Digital Inkjet Prints
51 5/8 x 83 1/8 in
131 x 211 cm

ASPEN 169, 2014
Two Digital Inkjet Prints
104 x 265 centimeters

ASPEN 148, 2014
Two Digital Inkjet Prints
104 x 265 centimeters

ASPEN 119, 2014
Two Digital Inkjet Prints
104 x 265 centimeters

ASPEN 158, 2014
Two Digital Inkjet Prints
104 x 265 centimeters

ASPEN 120, 2014
Two Digital Inkjet Prints
84 x 208 centimeters

ASPEN 134, 2014
Three Digital Inkjet Prints
131 x 318 centimeters