It is often when you leave something that you realize what you've left behind. I grew up in a village of the French Alps, surrounded by nature and beauty. When I was 15, I moved far away to a totally different landscape, but the mountains remained in my heart. It always has been a goal of mine to find a unique way of portraying the mountains of my childhood the way I see them today: magnificent and sacred. The three prints of the portfolio "The Mountains Where I Grew Up" are the beginning of a series I have been working on for the past few years. Finding a medium that would give each image a poetic impression yet tactile expression was also very important for me. After month of experimentation, I finally found the right medium, choosing three of the most precious metals: platinum, palladium and 24-carat gold. The following images are platinum-palladium printed on vellum and 24-carat gold leaf.