Withered, 26 April 2009

Withered I, Vullierens

Withered II, Vullierens


Withered III, Vullierens


Withered IV, Vullierens

Withered V, Vullierens

Vallon de Réchy (CH), Part II, 10 August 2008

Becca de Lovegno (2821) and Pte de Masserey (2841)


Becs de Bosson (3149) , the north-west face

La Maya (2916) , the south face


Becca de Lovegno (2821) and Pte de Masserey (2841)


Becs de Bosson (3149) , the south face




Roc de la Tsa (2911)


Roc d'Orzival (2853) and Roc de la Tsa (2911)


L'Ar du Tsan


Becs de Bosson (3149) , the north face seen from Col de Cou (2528)

Vallon de Réchy (CH), Part I, 10 August 2008

Becca de Lovegno


Vallon de Réchy


La Maya


Becca de Lovegno and Pte de Masserey


The lake le Louché and the Becs de Bosson


Becca de Lovegno and Pte de Masserey


The Becs de Bosson and Ptes Tsavolire


Tiredness

La Tsandra (CH), 12 April 2009

The trees I (La Tsandra)

The trees II (La Tsandra)

Orange, Zurich, July 2007

Orange, Zurich (2007)

Work is: 70x100cm on dibond, edition of 5

Cully Jazz Festival, 4 April 2009

The most famous among the smallest jazz festivals. The Cully Jazz Festival has just finished. Contrary to the last three years, I could not regularly follow the concerts. During these busy days for me, I found merely 3 hours to traditionally pop into the 'Caveau des Vignerons' bar and see the jam session performed by Malcolm Braff and the musicians from Erik Truffaz Quartet. Hope to see them next year.

Giuliani Marcello from Erik Truffaz Quartet


Malcolm Braff

The deep dig, Faido and Sedrun (CH), 2008

A snowstorm, Oberalp Pass

While there is a snowstorm in the mountains and the temperature falls below zero degree, they work two thousand meters below the surface, in twenty-five degree heat. They work in sweat and have to drink eight liters of water per day. Each day, they spend seven hours in dark and dust, and see no sun. They drill a big cavity in the Alps...

The access tunnel, Faido

The construction site, Sedrun

800-meter deep access shaft in Sedrun

An underground train which drives miners to the construction site

In 21 Nov 2008, I took part in a visit to two construction sites of the Gotthard Base Tunnel. Around 2018, the tunnel will become the longest railway tunnel in the world with the length of 57 km. The pictures were taken in two construction sites below Faido and Sedrun.

Engineering curiosity

Tunnel in Faido

The construction site in Sedrun

The tunnel face in Sedrun

Tignes (F), 15 February 2009

An off-piste in Tignes

The tele-marker


World Championship in Alpine Skiing in Val d'Isere.
Supporters coming back to Tignes after a competition.

Val Ferret (CH), 21 February 2009

A few days after an abundant snow fall, we went to explore Val Ferret in wintertime and to plunge into powder. 8 hrs of the exhausting climbing, 2 reached peaks, 2 crazy downhills and 1 ski running away from the last reached summit. This is a brief summary of an extraordinary day of ski-touring in the neighborhood of the Gd St-Bernard. The following images report a half of the day because the camera operator was half-dead after the first climb. As regards the ski which amused itself by running away, it was found 300m below the summit of La Dotse by the Incredibles from Facesud.

Larches, Ferret

Six des-Bornettes (~2300m)

Col du Fourchon (Fourchon pass, 2696m)

Climbing toward Six Blanc (2795)

Grand Golliat, north face (3238 m)

The Grandes Jorasses (4208 m) and Mont Blanc behind seen
from the ridge of the Grand Six Blancs (2775)

The descent to La Peule valley towards La Dotse