The Mountains at Closing Time

Description

There’s a particular silence that arrives after everyone has gone home. This was taken at that point- when the slopes are empty, the light is thinning, and the mountains hold onto the day for one last shining moment. The resulting panorama is stitched from patience, cold fingers, and the sense that leaving too soon would have been a mistake.

All photographs are printed on Photographique Matte Paper – 180g, a high-quality professional photo paper with a smooth, non-reflective finish that preserves detail, tonal depth, and color accuracy.

Prints are produced in collaboration with RQR (RQR Taller de Reprografía), a small independent printing studio based in Valencia, Spain.

© Eliot Delmotte

Taken in Les Crosets, Switzerland, in December 2025

Digital | 2×1