Magnificent black-and-white panorama immortalized from Fribourg Pre-Alps towards vaud alps and the Mont Blanc massif. In the foreground, the Dents de Morcles and Dents du Midi, sentinels of rock, mark the entrance to the Valais. Our route then takes us to summit Mont d'Or and Gros Van, then from Tour d'Aï to Tour de Mayen. At the end of our journey, Mont Blanc dominates the picture, defying the horizon with its dizzying heights. To its left, a wall rises up, formed by the Aiguille Verte, the Courtes, the Droites and stretching all the way to Mont Dolent.

I took this panoramic photograph in winter. When the Pre-Alps had just suffered the fury of the storm. Offering their freshly snow-covered walls to the first rays of sunshine. A scene worthy of a 19th-century masterpiece. Bewitching and sublime. I love more than anything else this precious moment when the storm fades away to make way for renewed life. When a sea of clouds rushes between the mountains and devours the valleys. Leaving only the highest peaks to emerge. Like islands punctuating the waves. I lived in Belgium for over 20 years. The flat country. How could I have imagined that another world existed beyond the mist? Now I can get there. Soar to the kingdom of heaven. To travel among the mountains, letting photography transport me and guide my gaze to the highest summits. Contemplating these sumptuous landscapes nourishes my dreams and future projects.