Ellen Wallace
I was shooting pictures of the spectacular dawn Monday for a short article on the snow falling in the Jura and the Swiss Alps when I turned around and took this photo in Etoy of the lake and mountains and clouds and richly green field. I kept looking at it, trying to work out why it seemed to be a familiar view. I will confess to having an allnight wedding party in the woods next to this spot some years ago, but I wasn’t looking at the scenery much that night.
Here it is: I finally remember that Ferdinand Hodler’s painting of St Prex, one of my favourites by a Swiss painter whose work I love, went for nearly CHF11 million at auction in June 2007. Ok, he has a little more distance, a little more lake, a bit more light and summer flowers are in bloom. But it’s pretty much the same spot and if I keep shooting it maybe I will have a photo worth that much plus interest in 106 years, which is the age of his "Lac L
GenevaLunch, 13 November 2007.
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