Winter Burn by Ron Timehin

The Gastlosen is a mountain range of the Swiss Prealps lay between the cantons of Fribourg, Bern, and Vaud. They form a 12 km chain stretching from Jaun to Rougemont, culminating at the Dent de Savigny, elevation 2,252 m, just southwest of the Dent de Ruth, where the three cantonal borders meet.

Whilst exploring through this region, the weather had been less than favourable throughout the 4 hour hike, with overcast skies and temperatures reaching -10c. However whilst heading back down to base, the sun finally broke through, casting a beautiful golden glow on the mountains.

To this day, this is one of my favourite landscape images captured, due to the stark contrast between warm and cold coupled with the feeling evoked when we thought that all hope was lost and the sun finally came out to play.

This NFT is part of the Frozen Planet collection by Concurrence Collective - a project born out of community. An international team of photographers coming together with a shared passion for capturing the natural beauty of the world. Through this collection, our journeys & expeditions will transport you to the coldest regions of this majestic home of ours, whether they are permanently frozen, or have undergone the transition into winter.

Gastlosen, Switzerland

Swiss Prealps Mountain Range At Sunset

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Frozen Planet by Concurrence Collective collection image

Concurrence Collective is a project born out of community. We have come together with a shared passion for capturing the natural beauty of the world. Through the Frozen Planet collection, our journeys & expeditions will transport you to the coldest regions of this majestic home of ours, whether they are permanently frozen, or have undergone the transition into winter.

As a cyber gallery in the metaverse, Concurrence is the centre point for the initial display of Frozen Planet, and by showing this cohesive and powerful body of work in its entirety, our aim is to inspire collectors to take custody of our art. The collection will be available via GACHA to randomise the mint.

Frozen Planet contains work from the following photographers: Armand Sarlangue
Dani Guindo
Dennis Schmelz
Elliot Simpson
Jabi Sanz
Jenna Dixon
Joffrey Briaud
Johnathan Conlon
Jonas Furstone
Justin Wirtalla
Kai Yhun
Kurt Jurgen
Meesh
Norris Niman
Rach Stewart
Rachel Wood
Ricardo Braz
Roman Königshofer
Ron Timehin
Sam Oetiker
Sara Boychuk
Sarah Lyndsay
Suelen Tieko
Vincent Schnabl

As an international collective, we are excited to be able to bring together images from Greenland, Finland, Russia, Scotland, Antarctica, Switzerland, France, Iceland, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, and Patagonia.

Landscape photographers go to great lengths to reach these magnificent locations in extreme, and sometimes treacherous conditions to capture their grandeur & beauty, and highlighting these efforts was also part of the concept behind the collective.

Finally, in the next few generations, it is expected that some of these regions will cease to exist as they do today, with the cycles of glacial expansion and contraction seemingly disrupted, and greater levels of retreat occurring in a number of areas. If these fragile regions do become unrecognisable from their current state, these images will form an important documentation of their history.