Piz Badile is revealed here in a rare moment when the storm seems to suspend its breath. From its height of 3,309 metres, this emblematic mountain of the Val Bregaglia emerges, sovereign, like a solitary island in the midst of celestial turbulence. Situated on the border between Switzerland and Italy, Piz Badile is the most important mountain in the Bondasca massif, although its neighbor, Pizzo Cengalo, towers 66 metres above it.

The sun shines down on the summit Piz Badile. Yet the still overcast sky lends the picture a dramatic intensity. Contemplate the thin, sharp ridge taking shape. Contemplate the crevasses on the flanks of Piz Badile. They tell the story of a mountain in perpetual change, sculpted over the millennia by the vagaries of climate and the tireless work of erosion. With its cracked shell and gaping cracks, the bleached mountain takes us on a journey to the heart of abstraction. See how the rugged texture of the rocks blends harmoniously with the softness of the snow. The contrast creates a picture of unsettling, authentic beauty.

Around the mountain, menacing clouds continue to prowl. The incessant struggle between the elements, characteristic of the high mountains, is fully revealed here, evoking both the ephemeral fragility of these perfect moments and the raw power of indomitable nature.

Faced with this work, I invite you to feel the intense emotion of this providential clearing. Piz Badile, in its austere, icy splendor, reminds us how fragile is the balance between calm and storm. The mountain, eternal in its essence but ever-changing on the surface, holds up a mirror to our own lives, made up of precious moments captured between light and shadow. May this work be an invitation to contemplation, to the admiration of a fleeting beauty that only the attentive eye can fully grasp. For everything in this beautiful and precious world is an intimate conviction and a fierce desire to connect with the purity of nature.