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I photograph what moves me - mountains, the sea, people. At forty, after ten years in management consulting, I left the corporate world to follow what had always pulled me: the camera, the light, the moment. Growing up in Ticino between the Alps and the Mediterranean shaped how I see. The tension between power and fragility, between permanence and change - that runs through everything I do.
Photography
My work spans fine art and long term environmental photography. Collectors acquire my prints in finite editions with documented provenance, from the catalogue or as bespoke commissions, on the ground or from the air.
Mountains are where I started and where I return. The Engadin, the Bernina group, the glaciers.
The sea is the other half of the catalogue. I came to it as a sailor, offshore, on the international regatta circuit, then as an International Judge and Match Race Umpire. With the camera I have followed three Olympic Games, the America’s Cup and, for almost twenty years, Les Voiles de Saint Tropez.
Today it is the classic yachts, wherever they race.
People are the third subject. Over 1,000 portraits, from athletes to entrepreneurs, among them Nautic Legends, an ongoing series since 2013 portraying the people behind yachting.
Whatever the subject, the approach is the same: take time to observe, understand the light and the moment, then make an image that tells a story beyond the obvious.
Glaciers.Today
In 2023 I founded Glaciers.Today. Cameras at 3,000 metres on the Diavolezza photograph the Bernina glaciers every 30 minutes, day and night, year round. The archive holds over 50,000 photographs, is publicly accessible and is designed to run for at least ten years.
The cameras show the change. I do not interpret it. In the Wissenswertes articles I explore the factors behind it, from Saharan dust to the climate models themselves. In a time of generated images, authentic photography matters more than ever.
Mentoring
A few times a year I mentor small groups on photography retreats: Indian Summer in the Engadin, big waves in Nazaré, winter light in Venice, and from 2027 the Tibetan plateau. They are not technical workshops. They are experiences in observation. Slow down, look more carefully, find your own perspective.
With connecting.photography the same principle enters the corporate world. Together with an experienced coach, we use portrait photography to build trust in leadership teams. Participants photograph each other and sit for each other, and in the process they learn to see each other differently. Observation creates connection, and connection creates trust.
In brief
Olympic Diploma, International Olympic Committee, 2001, for contribution to the sport of sailing
Photographer at three Olympic Games: Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016
America’s Cups and almost twenty years of Les Voiles de Saint Tropez
Patrouille des Glaciers: eight years on the course, four editions as official photographer, 2012 to 2018
Nominated Sustainable Shaper 2025, NZZ Sustainable Switzerland
Two published books: Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, The Friendly Games (2008) and Classic and Modern Yachts in Saint Tropez (2009)
Solo exhibitions: Metro Bilbao, SAIL in Festival 2018. Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz 2023, 2024, 2025. THE ICE St. Moritz 2025, 2026
Fine art installations: Grace La Margna St. Moritz, Hotel Bad Horn, Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection
Commissioned by IWC Schaffhausen, UBS, Louis Vuitton, Egon Zehnder, Avaloq, Lunor and the Swiss Armed Forces
Works are in the catalogue. Commissions and installations by conversation.
Home in Thun, studio in Zürich. Fluent in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.
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