'When nothing but earth, heaven and nature are the companions of your days and nights, then life is a wonderful journey into the immensity of true freedom.'
 
Sanctuary Frozen in Time is an exhibition that takes us on a photographic journey throughout Mongolia with Marc Progin leading us on a pilgrimage back to the origins of life, across a vast domain, where nature is the sole landlord and men abide by its laws.

Seen through the eyes of the photographer, Marc Progin, Mongolia is a haven of peace—an asylum for nature, wildlife and human beings living a nomadic life. 

A land bathed in an ocean of light, where each second is an eternity and eternity, like a fountain of youth, makes you forget your age. 

A land where, in the space of the immensities of light years, as cosmic dust in the universe, you learn what is humility.

A land where nature is virgin and where life follows the cycle of the planets and seasons.

A Sanctuary Frozen in Time where nomads signed a pact to live in harmony with the natural world and settled to live of nothing other than the fruits of mother nature—a heritage that Marc Progin perpetuates through his photography.

Marc Progin 

Marc Progin (b.1945) is a Swiss adventurer, photographer, and writer often travelling in space, mainly the one of Mongolia, since retired from time and being a watchmaker.

Struck by the light and the beauty of the country, he became a photographer to give evidence of his odysseys to Mongolia.

But it is from his physical performance that the artistic one is generated. A seasoned long-distance runner, he is tough enough to power himself and his bike for monthslong off-road journeys and his mind travelling.

He designs his own maps, navigates with the sun, the stars, and a compass in all four seasons, trading his bike for hiking boots and camels when tackling ice, snow, and blizzards during his winter trips.

Through his various projects, Marc Progin gives us beautiful testimonies of what his heart sees in nature and human beings.

Marc Progin's work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, most recently at Hong Kong Blue Lotus Gallery, City University of Hong Kong Indra and Harry Banga Gallery, the HK Foreign Correspondent's Club, the HK Heritage Project, and Palais de la Porte Dorée Paris. He also gives regular talks at the Royal Geographical Society, universities, and schools in Switzerland and Hong Kong. 

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