Accustomed as we are to considering our environment in its horizontality, we tend to imagine the end of the earth as a distant land.
His experience as a photographer has always led him to question this very notion of « point of view ».
What if we were ready to consider our surroundings vertically? Then the end of the world would not be in front of us, but above us — in the mountain peaks towering over our heads.
Beyond these summits, the ultimate boundary between Earth and sky, stretch a few kilometers of protective atmosphere, and then infinity, stars and galaxies. Awareness should guide our presence within this one and only habitat. We know it, yet we so easily forget.
Through the radical nature of his framing, his visual choices evoke the delicate fragility of life’s dwelling place.
All his photographs were taken in places easily accessible — no need to be athletic, no need for a helicopter or plane. The end of the world is within our reach; we only need to lift our eyes.
The mountains photographed belong to the Alpine range, from the Grisons to the southern slopes of Mont Blanc.
This series of images is his free interpretation of this mineral world, oscillating between monochrome and soft pastel tones, in a subtle interplay of forms and colors.
Librairie des Alpes
Rare books, elusive guidebooks, antique maps, original engravings, curiosities, and both vintage and contemporary prints — since 1933, the Librairie des Alpes has been the base camp for all mountain lovers.