Le Spectacle des summits since Verbier

I shot this black and white work from the heights of Verbier, one of the world's most famous ski resorts. It highlights the fascinating beauty of the Tour Noir and the Aiguille de l'A Neuve, rising on the Swiss side of the Mont-Blanc massif. Attracted by the sharp edges that follow one another between light and shadow, our gaze travels along the snow-covered summits : Grand-Luy, Petit and Grand-Darrey, Tita Naire, Petite and Grande Pointe des Planereuses. Our dazzled eyes finally land on the Tour Noir, which lights up the horizon. On the other side of the picture, we can easily imagine the impressive Argentière glacier unfolding.

The photograph was taken on a winter's morning, when a storm had just plastered summits with a thick blanket of snow. It is the fruit of a graphic search . The sharp lines of the ridges nourish the texture of the picture and structure the narrative. The audacity of the viewer who, with a simple glance, climbs summits to reach the sky. I love the contrast created by the first rays of sunlight. For me, it's a symbol of the high mountains. The embodiment of what I experience up there, alone in the face of nature's pure and sublime creations. It's also the emblem of what it's like to climb high summits. Oscillating ardently between heat and cold, enthusiasm and doubt, pleasure and fear. Light and shadow in the image of life, intense and overwhelming.