Watching my prey
Parc animalier des Pyrénées, Argelès-Gazost, France · 2020
From 195 €
Limited edition of twenty prints, all sizes and materials combined. Each print is signed, numbered and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.
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- Material
- Fine art paper · baryta
- Framing
- Classic frame · Grey · up to Medium
The wolf’s gaze and the detail of its coat: baryta paper keeps them precise; the grey frame stays discreet around the tawny tones.
- Made to order: usually two to three weeks in mainland France and Europe
- Signed-for Colissimo delivery or, depending on the country, a pickup point; courier for Large and Extra large sizes and some framed prints
- Fourteen days to change your mind
- Card, SEPA Direct Debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link or PayPal
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The story behind the photo
A wolf in the Pyrenees, lying along a rock with his chin almost at ground level and his eyes fixed on something outside the frame. The composition is deliberately tight: the head fills the left of the picture, the body leaves by the right edge, and the line of the muzzle and the line of the gaze point together at a subject we are never shown. What is missing carries the whole photograph.
I worked at the animal’s own height rather than above him. Photographed from above, a lying wolf looks resigned; photographed from his level, he looks like what he is, an animal in the middle of a calculation. The soft green behind him comes from a long focal length and says only that there is a meadow back there, which is all it needs to say.
The light arrives low and from the side, running along the top of the skull and the guard hairs of the shoulder and leaving the underside of the jaw in shadow. Thanks to it, the coat reads as grey rather than simply dark.
What struck me was the patience. Everything in the posture says rest, and everything in the eye says the opposite. I wanted the print to hold both at once, because that contradiction is the animal itself.
- Location
- Parc animalier des Pyrénées, Argelès-Gazost, France
- Date
- 2020
- Gallery
- Wildlife
Sizes and prices
| Size | Fine art paper | Aluminium Dibond | Acrylic glass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small40 × 40 cm | 195 € | 300 € | 425 € |
| Medium60 × 60 cm | 275 € | 450 € | 640 € |
| Large80 × 80 cm | 440 € | 670 € | 1 010 € |
| Extra large100 × 100 cm | 580 € | 900 € | 1 470 € |
Price of the print alone, without frame, VAT included. Print dimensions in centimetres; a frame makes them larger.
Materials
Hahnemühle fine art papers (Photo Rag, Museum Etching, Fine Art Baryta…), chosen for each photograph.
Print mounted on 3 mm aluminium Dibond: rigid, light, no glazing.
Print set between 3 mm Dibond and an acrylic sheet: richer colour and depth, resistant to UV and humidity.
Framing, optional
For paper prints: white mount and Plexiglas glazing, museum glass optional.
For aluminium and acrylic: the photo seems to float inside its frame; black or white.
For aluminium and acrylic: an aluminium structure fixed to the back, invisible once hung.
Delivery and returns
Signed-for delivery by Colissimo or, depending on the country, to a pickup point; signed-for delivery by courier for Large and Extra large sizes and some framed prints. Usually two to three weeks in mainland France and Europe, thirty to forty-five days for the French overseas territories and other countries.
Read article 9 of the Terms and Conditions →Fourteen days from receipt to change your mind, except for a print made to a special request. Returns are at your expense.
Read article 10 of the Terms and Conditions →Card, SEPA Direct Debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link or PayPal. The print is made once payment has been received.
Read article 8 of the Terms and Conditions →Lead times, delivery, payment, returns: the answers are in the frequently asked questions. For another size, another material or advice on hanging, write to me.
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