This subject is an extract from Nicolas Brodard's photographic project «De la représentation des Alpes en Suisse». This forthcoming book explores Switzerland's visual identity based on the Alpine landscape.
Unlike Eugène Rambert or Maurice Chappaz, Charles Ferdinand Ramuz never ventured into the highlands. Faithful to an ancestral conception of the mountain as a place to be avoided, the Vaudois describes it in all its strangeness.
In the 18th century, the Alps ceased to be a mere obstacle or backdrop to become a veritable European myth. According to Professor Claude Reichler, literature provided the basis for this rediscovery, in which the mountains became a refuge from modern upheavals.
In his latest novel, French author Alexandre Duyck uses a Swiss news item to weave a universal tale of family and grief.
For her first feature film, Carmen Jaquier immerses us in the heights of Switzerland at the beginning of the 20th century. A militant coming-of-age that highlights adolescent emancipation in a society numbed by firm Catholic practice.
Hiking in the mountains means forgetting «your regrets, your plans, your ambitions». Sylvain Tesson crossed the Alps on skis, dedicating his latest book, «Blanc». The story of a balancing act between physical effort and inner remission. We met him in Arolla (VS), during the first snows.
Galel, premier roman de Fanny Desarzens, nous entraîne dans le quotidien merveilleux mais périlleux de trois montagnards en pleine ascension:...
Névé, ce sont les neiges éternelles, celles que l’on trouve aux sommets de nos montagnes. On les imagine super belles...
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