PHOTOGRAPHS BY THÉO DE GUELTZL
WORDS BY RALPH COX AND THÉO DE GUELTZL
Through panoramas and reflections on opposing natural landscapes, photographer Théo de Gueltzl and Ralph Cox trace horizons from the Swiss Alps to the Mediterranean Sea.
We all know thin places
though we may not be aware of it
each moment we stop to breathe in a sunset
our being is transported across an ocean
Absolute before a thin line
cutting sea from sky
for moments between worlds
the solar system out with
perspective
to the farthest corner of infinity
Breathe in these places
Our surface is full of them
the fracture lines of past tectonic movements
exposing the physical to a meta-fractional light
such places exist along skin-fine borders
above an ocean of cloud
the needle spires
carved by snow
I live there
the miracle of alpine light
Routes unveil themselves
foot before foot
a beat of fearful courage
conduit of the trees steady state
scents of rich earth upon the air
it’s density a blanket between worlds
Valleys below fall away
summits beckon closer
in the clouds broken wake
a timeless robe revealed
upon rocks weathered skin
hard yet bare
a protected fragility
so soft
Somewhere there between the shadow and the light
summit winds cast snow across a threshold
The elevation of breath is slow
deep inside
cutting crisp
sandstorm grit
Skin breaks against arid air
a single light beam hovers there
frozen by its path
hindered in time
by memory
Rocks break forth from frozen ground
ancient lichens carry stories of a time long forgotten
finding place within me
shaped by your lines
Constrictive serenity
ripples of crystallized waves caught by sentinel rocks
nourished yet starved by these blind days
Thin grace
shadowed in grief
holding fast with
hope in our infinity
Wings balanced on high winds
rocky shores naked without embrace
waves frozen in a fluidity of time
lightyears within their rhythm
gone before our own
Land in the sky
the sculpting wind bringing velvet form to light and water
shadowed only by ourselves
a tangibility just met
such fineness
breathing tangent to your own
A thin place met
Just imagine when you next open your eyes upon a scene of nature
at every edge
every crevice
lies a thin place
waiting to connect you to yourself
honor it and it will honor you
Cascade explores the notion that every action, including inaction, is a choice—and each choice we make has a series of consequences, cascading across time. The choices we make now in regards to the planet will determine the trajectory of the human race for generations to come. Water can conform to its container, or it can gather in force as whelming as a wave. What will you choose?
Fine Lines
