A new day dawns on the sumptuous heights of val d’Anniviers. At dawn, the famous mountains of the Val d'Hérens blaze again. The Dent de Veisivi, the Dent du Perroc and the Pointe de Genevois, summits enchanting mountains that have fired my imagination for so many years. I offer you this photograph as a moment of grace at the source of all things, as a dazzling testimony to the memory of the Alps.

In the winter of 2017, the first glimmers of sunlight bring the mountains back to life. Dressed in its finest finery, it rises mighty against the raging winds. A battle of the titans in which the thousand-year-old peaks and the raging sky clash. A merciless struggle from which absolute beauty emerges. From the enveloping shadows of feverish mornings to the limpid light of a new-found breath, the mountain rises. Carried by the satiny reflections of benevolent snow on its steep, invulnerable rocks.

Its vigorous lines capture our gaze and carry it away. Where its soul shines, where its contours come to life. Where the elements collide and unite to sculpt the mountain. Where the plates collide, leaving the rock no choice but to reach for the sky. At the genesis of the Alps, as at the origins of the world. The fiery flames of the clouds illuminate this ephemeral, grandiose realm. Far beyond the heights of the Valais, nature offers us a unique moment of poetry. Journey through the furrows of a living work of art. Discover the grandeur of the Alps and their epic, marvellous history.