This vertical helicopter shot highlights the Matterhorn's mythical north face. The Matterhorn is one of the most famous peaks in the Valais Alps summits . With this work, I wanted to show the power and grandeur of the Matterhorn's north face, the most emblematic of the Swiss Alps.

The painting focuses on the Hörnli ridge, the normal route to its summit. In 1865, during the first ascent of the mountain by Edward Whymper and his companions, a terrible accident occurred on the way down. Part of the party fell onto the glacier at the bottom of the north face. The verticality of this shot conveys the impressive height of the site and the horror felt by the climbers who died that day.

The steepness of the slope is accentuated by the angle of view and the vertical shot. In my work, I always try search to convey the grandiose, disproportionate nature of the high mountains. The points of view chosen, the light and the quality of the snow are all means that enable me to glorify the beauty of the high summits.

I took this portrait of the Matterhorn in early summer 2020, when it had suddenly snowed heavily. I was very lucky, as it's rare that all the conditions I search meet at this time of year. In summer, the sun rises very quickly and, within minutes, the warmth of its rays chases away the freshly deposited snow to reveal the rocks. Capturing the ephemeral brilliance and purity of the snow is all the more difficult. Here, the light is intense and deep, giving the image even greater power. The Matterhorn, summit celestial par excellence, seems to pierce the clouds like an obelisk reaching for the sky.