A silvery portrait of the lord of the Valais Alps in Switzerland. The Matterhorn emerges triumphant from the onslaught of an autumn storm. The sun illuminates its eastern face through the last of the mist clinging to the rocks. The snow covering the north face reveals its features. The contrasts it creates reveal numerous details and abstract motifs that help us rediscover the mountain. Contemplating the large-format photograph is like exploring the Matterhorn in a new light. The journey is unique and always different.

At the center of the image, the Hörnli ridge rubs shoulders with light and shadow. Opened by Edward Whymper in 1865, it is the easiest route to summit. Given the verticality of this ridge, which outlines the immensity of the Matterhorn, it's hard to imagine climbing it. At the bottom of the photo is the Hörnli hut, and you can see the Solvay bivouac along the ridge. Tiny traces of man lost in the infinite grandeur of the mountains.

I took this vertical photograph of the Matterhorn in 2022, after a summer that was hard on the glaciers. The Matterhorn Glacier has new crevasses every year and is constantly retreating. As a mountain photographer, I'm torn between my sadness at witnessing the inevitable disappearance of such masterpieces of nature and my artistic excitement at seeing so much renewed beauty. For the evolution of glaciers, as they break away from the ground, amplifies the grandeur of summits. And that's the whole point of my testimonial. To immortalize nature's most beautiful creations and highlight the celestial presence of the high mountains. In this work, I've chosen to express this through contrasts Soft. The silvery tones underline the serene power of the Matterhorn through the subdued light.