Bewitching flames of ice along the Unterer Theodulgletscher, a famous glacier in the Zermatt valley in the Swiss Alps. Above it, the Klein Matterhorn rises to an altitude of 3883 metres. When I set out to meet my favorite summits , I look at this glacier. But as a mountain portraitist, it's difficult for me to immortalize the abstract if it doesn't exude a particular emotion. I expected the Unterer Theodulgletscher to give me that special feeling, that blazing beauty of a nature that fills me with wonder. That little something extra that thrills me and makes me travel far beyond the mountain and its glaciers. Only then would my photography have meaning, witnessing the riches of the kingdom of eternal snows.

December 28, 2017. Night falls. The world lives to the rhythm of the festivities. Lights shine in the valley and the mountain falls asleep. I'm alone up there, with my companion. A bitter cold devours us. Minus 20°C. We've taken refuge in the Gandegghütte, 3028 meters above sea level. Huddled under the blankets, we wait. The last rays of sunshine give way to an increasingly intense cold. My photographic equipment becomes difficult to handle. My camera refuses to focus, my tripod starts to freeze. But there it is, the light that attracts me. It reflects off the crevasses and sculpts the glacier. An enchanted image that I must capture. So I go. I try my luck. To capture this light, I take long exposures, my camera fixed on its tripod. And there it was, the photograph I'd been dreaming of. Fascinating beauty born of the fusion of elements. The soul of the Unterer Theodulgletscher finally revealed. With contrasts of Soft and silver, the picture highlights its crevasses. Carried by exceptional graphics, the work tells the thousand-year-old story of this ice giant.