“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
Albert Einstein
Inspired by a sense of wonder at the fragile beauty of glaciers, the Gletscher Project documents the changing landscape of Swiss glaciers and the Alps, in the belief that by viewing them in a new light, we will come to realize their importance and the need to preserve them.
They are far more than mere mountain scenery: they are our water reservoirs, our climate regulators and the silent witnesses to the Earth’s history. Their disappearance is disrupting our rivers, our crops and, more broadly, the way we live on this planet.
Through photography, I seek to preserve their memory, to make tangible what is fading away and to raise collective awareness of what we are in the process of losing, but also of what can still be protected.
Archives
of glaciers
Morteratsch glacier(GR)
area
2015
14.93 km2
Loss of length
1878-2022
-2968 m
Located in Graubünden, in the Bernina range, the glacier stretches from the high peaks down to the Morteratsch Valley. It is one of the most extensively studied glaciers in Switzerland. Since the first measurements were taken in 1878, it has retreated by more than 3 km. Its accessibility makes it a good visual indicator of the effects of climate change.
Gorner glacier (VS)
area
2015
41.24 km2
loss of length
1882-2024
-3094 m
The Gorner Glacier, on the western flank of the Monte Rosa massif in Zermatt (Valais), is one of the largest glacial systems in the Alps. Stretching over 12 km in length and covering an estimated area of nearly 50 km², it is a prime example of the complex dynamics of glaciers.
In Switzerland, glaciers melted just as much between 2022 and 2023 as they did between 1960 and 1990.
source : glamos.ch
