According to Matthieu Ricard, the photographer is a painter whose material is light and whose brush is his gaze.

In his latest book, Light, the culmination of sixty years of photography, he shares with us a chromatic symphony that explores the world at different scales, from the smallest detail of moss and rock to vast landscapes, recalling the profound link between the microcosm and the macrocosm in nature.

Painting with light is not just about capturing the nuances of the sky and the contours of the natural world; it’s also about revealing the inner light that emanates from eyes, faces, and hearts. From the infinitely large to the infinitely small, Light is a photographic and meditative experience at the heart of the light spectrum.

This beautiful book includes almost 180 previously unpublished photographs by Matthieu Ricard, who, for the first time, reveals the scope of his photographic work.