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David Tedman is a renowned landscape and industrial landscape photographer based in London. His career began during the transformation of the London Docklands, leading to work worldwide with many of London’s leading design and advertising agencies.
A lifelong cyclist and passionate fan, David was once the youngest member of the Great Britain Olympic cycling training squad. Like countless other young riders, he dreamed of conquering Europe's great mountain passes and winning the Tour de France.
All the work shown here is original.
As so many good things do. After numerous false starts and misdirections, the Pyrenees and the Port de Pailhères provided the first evidence that I could get the kind of pictures I wanted and needed for a major project.
Clinging to a tree root a kilometre away from the road, over a 1000-metre vertical drop in the rain, feeling on top of the world, The Great Cycling Climbs project was born. Four riders are on the slopes of this mountain climb, so I was in good company, and they deserved the best.
Port de PailhèresI bring everything I learned as a professional photographer to this work, and more. Except maybe the patience. Much as I would like to, I don't do patience.
Instead, no stone is left unturned, no mountain is too high. No path too crazy. A professional comes back with the pictures, not excuses. As the man said, failure isn't an option.
But the mountains are dangerous places and don't care for your life or your promises, and it's a long way to fall. The weather changes in the blink of an eye. So try to stay on the track, because nobody is coming to find you.
Stay on the Track
Alpe d'Huez. The Galibier. The Tourmalet. Mont Ventoux. The Stelvio. The Sella Ronda. The Bonette. The Izoard. Sa Calobra. Passo Giau.
These are more than just famous names on a cycling route. They are extraordinary landscapes with their own character, history and atmosphere.
It's been a long, beautiful road
The Long Beautiful RoadToday, nine years later, these legendary roads and mountains remain the canvas for my photography work. Combining an understanding of cycling with an eye for light, landscape, and atmosphere, I still try to create distinctive fine art images that capture the beauty, drama, and sense of adventure of climbing Europe's most iconic cycling climbs.
Cycling introduced me to these places, it's the landscapes that brings me back.
Col du Galibier - La Meije Glacier - Call of the Wild
Hundreds of thousands of cyclists heed the call of the mountains and head for the French Alps every year, rain or shine for the famous cycling climbs of the Col de la Colombière in the north to Alpe d'Huez, the Col du Galibier, and the Col de la Bonette in the south. Searching for a piece of something buried deep in the mountains, searching for something more valuable than money, searching for a good day, a great day, a day that counts.
The French AlpsThe French Pyrenees are a gift for cyclists. They are a cycling playground, a place to escape from the hustle and bustle, get on a bike, reconnect with nature, and ride. Studies have shown that subjects perform 50% better on problem-solving tasks after three days of active wilderness exposure. According to Eva M. Selhub, Harvard professor and author, Nature turns off the stress response, which means you have lower cortisol levels, lower heart rate and blood pressure, and an improved immune response.
The French Pyrenees
Welcome to the Italian Dolomites, one of the most beautiful places on earth and a cycling paradise. This is a place of sociability, nourishment, hospitality, enrichment, and the recharging of the soul. Rejuvenation of your molecular structure is currently in progress - Your operating system is being upgraded - You will reboot shortly. Go ride it. Tell me I'm wrong.
The Italian DolomitesThe Italian and Swiss Alps are tough guy - tough girl territory. You know who you are. Here is where the men get sorted from the boys, the women from the girls. These climbs are often on a different scale, either in altitude, or length, sometimes remoteness, or all of the above.
The Italian & Swiss Alps
All photography featured on davidtphotography.com is original work by David Tedman. This website does not display or exhibit any other photographer's work. All images remain the sole copyright of David Tedman. All rights reserved worldwide. All work is original. Shot in camera. No AI.
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