Skier

The Skier—the downhill glide as opposed to the climber's upward toil—appears in Azechi's work as the complementary relationship to the mountain terrain. Where the mountaineer ascends through deliberate effort, the skier descends through controlled speed, both activities requiring intimate knowledge of snow conditions and mountain form but expressing that knowledge through entirely different body techniques. His bold, simplified rendering of the skier in motion captured the forward lean and weight distribution of downhill descent.