2025-2026: From Exquisite Beauty to Unimaginable Tragedy

The last day of the year opens its eyes.

Light touches a frozen world.

Every branch holds its breath.

Winter scatters silver across the land.

Beauty, fragile and ephemeral.

Ice melts into motion.

Reflections ripple and change.

Footsteps carry the year forward,

along quiet paths of water and ice.

The sky holds its deepest blue.

The world feels untouched.

The sun bows to the mountains.

The year exhales.

Warm lights bloom in the cold.

Journeys disappear into darkness.

A new morning arrives,

carrying unbearable news.

This year begins in loss.

We remember those who did not see this sunrise.

Their absence lives in every quiet frame.

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Despite a glorious sunrise on 1st January 2026, it was a dark start to the year.

We planned a shoot covering the transition from 2025 to 2026 in Valais central, and filmed on 31st December 2025 and dawn of the 1st January 2026, only to then learn of the tragic bar fire in neighbouring Crans Montana. Exquisite beauty suddenly turned to unimaginable tragedy.

This edit is in memory of all the souls who lost their lives in the fire, all the badly burned still fighting for their lives, with years of treatment and adaptation ahead of them, the families and friends impacted, and all the rescue services, including members of the pubic who pitched in, risking their lives to save others. Many of them are still in hospital recovering from burns and smoke inhalation. We pray that a rigourous enquiry and trial will lead to changes to avoid this type of tragedy in future, and support for all families involved.