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Alpine Legacy

Alpine Legacy

Alpine Legacy : l'héritage des alpes en série limitée, par Thomas Crauwels

L'héritage éternel des Alpes en série limitée

Découvrez le monde envoûtant des Alpes à travers les yeux de Thomas Crauwels dans son nouveau livre “Fine Alpine Legacy”. 

Ce livre en série limitée de 1’250 exemplaires vous emmène dans un voyage à travers les sommets alpins les plus fascinants, en quête de la beauté, de la majesté et des émotions qu’ils inspirent. 

Un hommage personnel et puissant à la magnificence des glaciers et à l’engagement de l’auteur pour préserver leur mémoire pour les générations à venir.

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Alpine Legacy

Aperçu du livre Alpine Legacy de Thomas Crauwels, ouvert sur la table des matières
Aperçu du livre Alpine Legacy de Thomas Crauwels, ouvert sur une magnifique photo panoramique
Alpine Legacy : l'héritage des alpes en série limitée, par Thomas Crauwels

La préface de
Thomas Crauwels

« Je ne crois plus au hasard.

Mon destin m’a mené en Suisse, où ma véritable mission de vie apparût comme une révélation : perpétuer la mémoire de notre patrimoine alpin.

Les Alpes m’inspirent, m’emplissent d’une énergie divine. Je suis à la recherche du moment parfait, ce moment fugace où la montagne dévoile son âme et nous élève à sa suite.

Entre la beauté, la majesté et les émotions, je vous invite à une expédition à travers les sommets les plus précieux et les panoramas les plus captivants.

Nous voyagerons des extrêmes de l’Est, où se dresse le Piz Bernina, à l’Ouest, avec la Barre des Ecrins. Entre ces deux cimes, je vous dévoilerai le grandiose de ces paysages alpins immaculés, revêtus de leur neige éternelle mais si vulnérable.

L’année 2022 nous a révélé que nous avons dépassé le point de non-retour dans la dégradation des glaciers. Au fil de mes ascensions, j’ai constaté la vitesse effrayante de la transformation des Alpes, avec des crevasses apparues dans des endroits où il y a encore peu de temps, je n’aurais jamais imaginé qu’elles existent.

Cependant, la tristesse de ce changement accéléré ne fait que renforcer ma détermination à perpétuer la mémoire des Alpes et à transmettre aux générations futures un fragment de ce royaume de pureté.

Le changement climatique complique également mon travail : les jours de neige se font de plus en plus rares et les tempêtes de vent monstrueuses empêchent souvent la neige de s’accrocher sur les sommets. Les moments précieux que je souhaite vous montrer deviennent donc encore plus insaisissables.

Mais mon amour pour les Alpes n’a jamais été aussi fort.

Je vous souhaite un beau voyage dans ce royaume céleste, mais aussi fragile. »

Thomas Crauwels
Photo Engadine St Moritz - image noir et blanc Alpes Suisses

Série limitée

286/1'250 Exemplaires Disponibles

Une sérigraphie signée Lorenz Boegli

La sérigraphie de Alpine Legacy a été sublimée grâce à la collaboration avec Lorenz Boegli : un artiste suisse de renommée internationale en impression sérigraphique. 

Maitre dans son art, Lorenz est connu pour son innovation dans le domaine de l’impression sérigraphique, ainsi que pour son approche personnelle et émotive de son travail. 

En utilisant des avancées techniques pour repousser les limites de l’impression sérigraphique, Lorenz a développé un nouveau moyen d’expression en intégrant sa personnalité dans ses œuvres. 

Ce travail a conjoint a été réalisé pour vous faire vivre une expérience inoubliable en explorant le livre Alpine Legacy et découvrir comment Lorenz apporte vie et émotion à l’impression.

Technical Specifications
Alpine Legacy

Nombre de pages84 pages
Édition limitée1'250 ex.
LanguesAnglais
PapierTatami White volume 1.3, 150 gm2
CouvertureImpression sérigraphique sur Black Core Board 2.0 mm réalisée par l’artiste Lorenz Boegli
Reliure / couvertureFlatbind / Parfaitement à plat
Format235 x 245 mm
Format ouvert235 x 490 mm
Prix de vente
150.00 CHF

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I took this magnificent panoramic #photograph of the #Valais Alps from the Mont-Blanc massif. The work embraces 70 kilometers of a breathtaking landscape. The mountains rise majestically one behind the other, bringing an incredible depth to the image. Sailing through this black and white panorama, our eyes travel through five of the most beautiful #alpine valleys.⁠
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On the right side of the photograph, the Monte Rosa massif emerges from the mist, giving the work a powerful mystical intensity. The highest #summits of the #Swiss mountain range stand proudly between earth and sky. #Breithorn Liskamm, Castor, Pollux, Dufourspitze or Nordend, so many legendary mountains that stir our imagination. In the foreground, the central character of the painting, the Grand Combin, with its incredible presence, culminates at 4314 meters above the valley of Bagnes. Imposing pyramid of rock and ice in the heart of the Swiss Alps. On sunny days, what a joy for the mountaineer that I am to reach the summit by the Combin de Valsorey and its magnificent crossing. This welcoming summit still has many glaciers at high altitude. Without a doubt they will be among the last glaciers of the Alps in about thirty years. The high mountains are indeed suffering terribly from global warming and their appearance is changing rapidly.⁠
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Celestial power of the Eiger, which rises above #Grindelwald, in the #bernese alps. The Swiss ogre was probably named after the many climbers who died defying its impressive north face. It is one of the five most mythical north faces in the Alps, along with the Matterhorn, the Grandes Jorasses, the Piz Badile and the Cima Grande. Indomitable slopes between sky and earth.⁠
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I realized this aerial photograph of square format by helicopter. I went to the meeting of the #Eiger for several years before having the chance to attend this spectacle, grandiose and unreal. That day, the elements came together to offer me this bewitching portrait of the fabulous Eiger. Winter is in full swing and storms follow one another at the gates of the Swiss #Alps. The disturbances coming from the north pour down on the wall of Grindelwald before reaching the other summits. At this precise moment, the mountain survived the fury of the storm. Its north face will slumber in the shadows until spring returns. Still beset by the wind, the Eiger pierces the clouds like a rock spike to reach the sun. In the background, the #Schreickhorn and the #Lauteraarhorn also emerge from a sea of clouds, giving a mystical depth to the picture. Hymn to Eiger, this photograph is the fruit of a heady dream: that of immortalizing through my art the wild beauty of #summit, its exceptional silhouette and its legendary charisma.⁠
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Luminous portrait of Piz Palü which, from its 3899 meters of altitude, overhangs the #Morteratsch valley, at the borders of the Eastern Alps. This beautiful mountain, emblematic of the Bernina range in the #Swiss #Engadine region, can be easily contemplated from the Diavolezza ski lifts. It also offers to the mountaineers a superb crossing.⁠
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I took this picture of Piz Palü in spring. The sun was just rising on summit, still seized by the storm that covered its walls with snow during the night. Thanks to this carefully considered angle of view, the photograph gains in depth. The ridge in the foreground, which seems to be one with the teeth of Piz Palü, crystallizes the impetuosity of the winds that continue to strike the #snowy walls.⁠
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I chose this day precisely for its incomparable luminosity. Painting the edges of shadow or light, it offers a graphic and bewitching dimension to this legendary #mountain. The #summit owes its extraordinary beauty to its geometry, so particular and unique in the #Alps. Perfect symmetry of the ridges which follow one another, one after the other. The timeless rhythm of nature, inexhaustible and heady, which makes my heart beat. The many hanging and descending glaciers along its ridges also contribute to making Piz Palü a mythical summit .⁠
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Portrait of the Aiguille du Midi, in the heart of the Mont Blanc massif, in #France. A world-famous #summit , which, thanks to the lift it is equipped with, allows everyone to enter the enchanting realm of the high #mountains in a few minutes. Transported to #3842 meters of #altitude, a new world is easily offered to all, whatever their physical condition and beyond the will of the sky.⁠
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We are here at the end of the day, just after the storm. The calm has returned, the mountain is calming down. The Aiguille du Midi is just emerging from the fog, still numb from the wind. Two or three times a year, the magic happens. When the conditions are right, when the temperature, the snow and the wind are in symbiosis, the Aiguille suddenly seems to be covered with a fabulous plaster. A miracle of which only nature has the secret. The image is unique each time, varying with each episode of precipitation. I have been trying for years to unravel the mystery of this phenomenon, but it remains, again and again. As ephemeral and impenetrable as the most precious masterpieces created by nature.⁠
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The Aiguille du Midi rises majestically, piercing the sky and the fog. In the background, giving depth to the picture, the Grandes Jorasses spring out of a sea of clouds like a sparkling wall. In the company of the dome of Rochefort and Mount Mallet, they offer their freshly snow-covered face to the softness of the first rays of sunshine.⁠
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@climbingmagazine⁠
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This panoramic photograph reveals the splendor of the Imperial Crown of Zinal, in #Switzerland. It is composed of the most beautiful summits of 4000 meters of the Alps. This huge mountain range of #Valais stands in the val d’Anniviers, at the border with the valley of Zermatt.⁠
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This exceptional panorama could only be realized from the sky because there is no summit allowing to position oneself at this place. The aerial view brings together all the mountains of the Crown. On the left, the #Weisshorn, the highest summit of the Imperial Crown, stands out in all its majesty. #summits In front of it, the #Bishorn is one of the easiest to climb of the #Alps at an altitude of 4000 meters. The #Zinalrothorn, with its long White ridge, leads us to the Blanc de Moming. We then travel to #Besso, the emblematic mountain of #Zinal. In the background, the #Obergabelhorn and the Matterhorn line up one behind the other. We realize here the monumental height of the Matterhorn, which culminates at 4478 meters of altitude, compared to theThe Obergabelhorn, whose difference in level is 400 meters lower. Finally, we let ourselves be carried towards The Dent d'Hérens, whose ridge is connected to the #Matterhorn, the majestic The Dent Blanche and the Grand Cornier.⁠
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By a play of perspective, the ensemble lets us think that these high mountains are linked one after the other. In reality, the valleys of #Zermatt, Turtmann, val d’Anniviers and the Val d'Hérens separate them. By choosing this particular point of view, which allows to align on the same picture these giants of rock and ice, I wished to emphasize these jewels that nature offers us.⁠
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Thomas Crauwels posant devant l'un de ses tirages du Cervin

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