Alpine Presence Flims
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Alpine Presence shows the landscape around our photographic home, through the seasons and changing conditions. Snow, water, mist and light continually transform familiar places. The series grows from sustained observation of a landscape to which we have returned for years.
Upper Segnesboden, early morning. A small lake almost perfectly reflects the sky and peaks. Soon afterwards, light and wind change the scene.
Lake Cresta, autumn. On a windless autumn day, the lake is seen from above. Golden trees line the shore, while clouds and forest are reflected in the dark water.
Trin, autumn morning. Ground mist rises from the valley and drifts between meadows and trees. Autumn light reaches only scattered areas before the mist closes over the landscape again.
Atlas, UNESCO Sardona, Flims. A network of streams crosses the lower Segnesboden. Meltwater and erosion have shaped these lines over a long period and continue to change them today.
Flims forest. A single house appears between snow-covered spruces. Seen from above, it loses its significance as a building and becomes part of a quiet landscape of lines, shapes and snow.
Lake Cauma. Seen from above, the island becomes the still centre of a winter landscape. Water, snow and forest briefly find a balance that transforms the familiar place into an image of complete stillness.
Martinsloch. Snow, rock and sky reduce the landscape to its basic forms. The Martinsloch becomes part of a quiet composition rather than a landmark.
Lake Cauma, 8:45 am. Fresh snow forms soft lines, and the first sunlight makes the lake glow. For a short time, water, light and winter are in perfect balance before the first tracks change the morning.