Description

Light on my favorite mountains: the Matterhorn, which culminates at 4478 meters above the valley of Zermatt, and theThe Obergabelhorn, which dominates the val d’Anniviers from the top of its 4064 meters. The most beautiful summits of the Swiss Alps in one shot. Thanks to my telephoto lens, the mountains seem to be next to each other when in fact they are separated by several kilometers. The magic of the photograph highlights the difference in stature between the two summits. The Moming ridge stands out in the foreground while, in the shadows, theArbengrat, the magnificent ridge of theThe Obergabelhorn, is moving irreversibly towards the sky. In the background, the Matterhorn rises in majesty, supported by the Zmutt and Lion ridges.

This work is the result of a real geometric and artistic search . The perfect alignment of the planes brings depth to the photograph and presence to the Matterhorn. The play of light and shadow gives the painting an exceptional graphic quality. Nourished by the precision of the lines and the intensity of the palette, the work enjoys a perfect balance. That day, at that precise moment, I met the mountain under its most beautiful face. Pure and grandiose, a rough diamond in the middle of the sky, this is how I admire it and how I like to photograph it.

When I take a portrait of a mountain, my first objective is to retranscribe its intense beauty, the one that never ceases to thrill me and tirelessly animates my art. But my photographs also constitute a poignant testimony. That of a wounded nature condemned to have to transform itself to survive. A beauty that suffers in silence. The Alps are among the first victims of global warming. Every year, their glaciers diminish before disappearing. Snow is becoming rarer, leaving room for rock even at high altitudes. Beyond the aesthetic ambition of my works, my work becomes a legacy, a window through which future generations can discover the mountain as we have loved it.