Meeting of the Giants

Spotlight on my favorite mountains: the Matterhorn, which rises to 4478 meters above the valley of Zermatt, andObergabelhorn, which dominates val d’Anniviers at 4064 meters. The most beautiful summits of the Swiss Alps in one shot. Thanks to my telephoto lens, the mountains here appear to be side by side, when in fact they are separated by several kilometers. The magic of photography highlights the difference in stature between the two summits. The Moming ridge stands out in the foreground while, in the shadows, theArbengrat, the magnificentObergabelhorn ridge, makes its way towards the sky. In the background, the Matterhorn rises majestically, supported by the Zmutt and Lion ridges.

This work is the fruit of a veritable geometric and artistic search . The perfect alignment of the planes lends depth to the photograph and presence to the Matterhorn. The interplay of light and shadow endows the picture with exceptional graphic quality. Nurtured 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 at its most beautiful. Pure and grandiose, a diamond in the rough 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 primary aim is to convey its intense beauty, which never ceases to thrill me and tirelessly drives my art. But my photographs also bear poignant witness. Of a wounded nature condemned to transform itself in order to survive. A beauty that suffers in silence. The Alps are among the worst victims of global warming. Every year, their glaciers shrink before disappearing. Snow is becoming rarer, giving way to rock even at high altitudes. Beyond the aesthetic ambition of my work, it becomes a legacy, a window through which future generations can discover the mountains as we have loved them.