Mountains have long been a stage for both fear and fascination.
In the 19th century, early photographers carried heavy cameras, glass plates, and even portable darkrooms into the Alps, enduring extreme conditions to capture images of a world few had seen. Their photographs transformed the mountains—from wild, perilous landscapes into sublime visions of beauty and grandeur.

A century later, Yann Gross continues this dialogue with the Alps of his childhood in Switzerland. His images evoke both the majesty and the violence of the high peaks, where snow and rock become sculptural forms. The still frame turns fleeting natural events into abstract, almost monochrome compositions. Viewers are left oscillating between awe and dread, contemplating nature’s power and fragility.

Gross’s photographs remind us that mountain photography is more than a genre :it is an exploration of the sublime, an enduring fascination with landscapes that are at once beautiful and untamed.