We're opposite Piz Roseg (3935 m), in the eastern Swiss Alps, in the Engadine, in the Bernina massif. The glacial triangle of the Scheekuppe offers us a grandiose spectacle: in the middle of mountains over 3,000 m, this summit shines here in spring, after the storm. The ice is still there, despite the accelerated melting between 2,500 and 3,000 m. What will become of this mountain in ten or twenty years' time? One thing's for sure: in the future, there will be fewer and fewer summits 3000 m mountains with ice caps. This work pays tribute to the magnificence of these ice giants, which we can still enjoy, for the time being. Times will change, and the aesthetics of this mountain will be reconfigured. This work is the memory of a time already in evolution.

I particularly like the contrast between light and shadow in this photograph. The first rays of sunlight put an end to the reign of darkness. The world is reborn. The ridge sparkles like a diamond and summit embraces the heavens. The mountain awakens. The resplendent shapes of its thousand-year-old hanging glaciers are awe-inspiring. This pyramid of rock and ice is undeniably a mountaineer's dream. But the climb is a demanding one, and, like all summit climbs, it has to be earned.

When I took this photograph, the atmosphere was hypnotic. I didn't know whether the snow would stay on the mountains or fall below, leaving the ice bare. The end result is grandiose, complex: gentle slopes are covered in a blanket of snow, while higher up, steep, windswept slopes reveal incredible detail. At the bottom, imposing seracs remind adventurers of the world above that they must remain humble in the face of nature's power.