Piz Palü, First Light
Piz Palü, First Light
At 6:23 on an autumn morning, the full moon still reigns over the Bernina massif — its cold silver tracing the three north pillars of Piz Palü with the precision of an engraver's burin. Bellavista recedes into a luminous ridge of snow and shadow, while the dark spire of Crast' Agüzza — the Engadin Matterhorn — cuts the sky like a blade. Below, the Pers Glacier holds the last of the night's stillness. In black and white, stripped of colour, the scene becomes architecture: ice, rock, and light distilled to their most permanent form. A landscape that does not ask to be visited. It asks to remain.
Piz Palü
Height — 3,899 m (12,792 ft)
First Ascent — 12 August 1835, Oswald Heer with Johann Madutz and Gian Marchet Colani (east summit)
Coordinates — 46°22′42″N, 9°57′38″E
Range — Bernina Range, Graubünden, Switzerland
Bellavista
Height — 3,921 m (12,864 ft)
First Ascent — 10 September 1868, Emil Burckhardt and Hans Grass (first traverse)
Coordinates — 46°22′10″N, 9°55′30″E
Range — Bernina Range, Graubünden, Switzerland / Italy
Crast' Agüzza
Height — 3,870 m (12,697 ft)
First Ascent — August 1874, Emil Burckhardt with Hans Grass and Peter Egger
Coordinates — 46°22′13″N, 9°55′01″E
Range — Bernina Range, Graubünden, Switzerland / Italy
Viewpoint: Diavolezza
Height — 2,973 m (9,754 ft)
The Edition
Limited to 15 signed originals and 2 Artist's Proofs — across all formats and dimensions. Once complete, no further originals will be produced.
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag. Diasec face-mount and alternative substrates available on request. Available up to 350 cm width.
Individually produced and hand-signed. Framing consultation and large-format installation guidance included.
Each original accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
