Between Light and Shadow

This beautiful black and white photograph takes us to the border between the Valais Alps and bernese alps. Where the Grühorn and Fiescherhorn mountains rise to over 4,000 meters above sea level. These mountains rise not far from Konkordiaplatz, halfway between the famous Konkordiahütte and Finsteraarhornhütte huts. They form the natural boundary between the Walliser Fiescherfirn and Ewigschneefald glaciers. Our journey begins at summit on the Fiescher Gabelhorn and continues to the Grünegghorn. Its ridge then guides us to the top of the Gross Grünhorn, an impressive pyramid rising to 4043 metres above sea level.

Its ridge joins the Klein Grünhorn. Our odyssey ends at summit on the Grosses and Hinteres Fiescherhorn, which rise to 4049 and 4025 metres respectively. I waited many years to take this photograph. The storm had to come during those few winter days when the sun only shines on the eastern faces of the mountains. What happiness I felt that day, when I realized that nature was about to offer me the spectacle I'd been dreaming of! The snow-laden winds whitened summits, transforming the rock faces into Himalayan mountains. Their immaculate slopes sparkled like diamonds at the gates of heaven. I love this play of light and shadow, which gives depth to the work and guides our gaze beyond the summits. Witnessing the scene, the Klein Fiescherhorn rises up on the horizon, a mysterious apparition that from the mist watches the dizzying ballet of the Grühorn and Fiescherhorn mountains.