Glacier d’Argentière, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
In an age where smartphone cameras churn out thousands of images daily and the word “photography” evokes a sense of effortless ubiquity, the reality of crafting a single, high-quality photograph as a work of art is often misunderstood. The assumption that photography is inexpensive or simple belies the meticulous labor, costly materials, and sheer time investment required to produce something extraordinary. Far from a casual snap, a photograph can represent a painstaking journey—one that, for many artists like myself, operates at a financial loss despite its perceived “reasonableness.”