A fascinating portrait of the Doldenhorn, revealed in the shadow of the winter sun. This little-known summit from bernese alps culminates above the Oeschinensee, a magnificent mountain lake. I've long dreamed of taking this photograph in black and white. It highlights the grandeur of the Doldenhorn as storms howl and gale-force winds sweep across its summit. Making its silvery rock gleam. After years of waiting, I'm happy to have been able to capture this moment, immortalizing the mountain in all its glory. Through this work, I offer you a journey between earth and sky, within a pure, unreal realm.

This photograph illustrates the power of the image and the magic of art, daring to give pride of place to little-known subjects. I discovered the Doldenhorn thanks to the work of Bradford Washburn, a pioneer of alpine photography. He took an aerial shot of the mountain as a mountaineering party crossed its ridge, under which was then a huge hanging glacier. Today, this glacier has almost disappeared. In his time, the high summits were covered in their winter finery until the height of summer. Nowadays, the rock is dry during the summer season, and only storms occasionally plunge the mountains back into their glorious past. But only for a few hours. Then the snow cover disappears again, leaving the dark rock to reappear. The presence of climbers in these moments of grace has thus become rare, making Bradford Washburn's work a precious testimony to a bygone era. I'd like to think that my photographs also help to consolidate the legacy of a mountain in the grip of the madness of time.