High above Zermatt, where the pastures give way to rock and scree, the marmots rule the mountainside. They emerge with the first light, sitting upright on sun-warmed boulders, scanning the valley below with sharp, watchful eyes. Their days are a rhythm of feeding, sunbathing, and play — young marmots wrestling and chasing each other through the grass, while the elders stand sentry, ready to whistle a sharp alarm at the first sign of danger.
Marmots are creatures of the seasons. Through summer they build fat reserves for the long alpine winter, when they'll retreat into burrows and hibernate for months beneath the snow. What you see in these photographs is that brief, vivid window — the short mountain summer when marmots are at their most active, most social, and most alive.
Size 15×20cm or 20×30cm
High above Zermatt, where the pastures give way to rock and scree, the marmots rule the mountainside. They emerge with the first light, sitting upright on sun-warmed boulders, scanning the valley below with sharp, watchful eyes. Their days are a rhythm of feeding, sunbathing, and play — young marmots wrestling and chasing each other through the grass, while the elders stand sentry, ready to whistle a sharp alarm at the first sign of danger.
Marmots are creatures of the seasons. Through summer they build fat reserves for the long alpine winter, when they'll retreat into burrows and hibernate for months beneath the snow. What you see in these photographs is that brief, vivid window — the short mountain summer when marmots are at their most active, most social, and most alive.
Size 15×20cm or 20×30cm
