Golden flamingos
Étang de Vaccarès, Camargue, France · 2022
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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My advice for this photo
- Material
- Acrylic glassOn fine art paper, I would choose a baryta paper.
- Framing
- Floater frame · Black
Three flamingo silhouettes on ember-coloured water: acrylic glass makes this orange glow.
- 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
Three flamingos feeding at the Vaccarès lagoon, in the Camargue, reduced to pure silhouette on water the colour of a furnace. Heads down, necks folded into that improbable hook they use to sweep the bottom, they have stopped being pink birds and become black signs on an orange page.
The frame is close to square and the horizon has been removed completely. There is no sky, no bank, no indication of scale: only water, three birds, their reflections and a few dark stakes standing in the shallows. When you take away the horizon you also take away the documentary, and what is left is a drawing.
The colour is not an effect. At the end of the day the lagoons of the Camargue return the entire sky, and for about twenty minutes the water is more intensely coloured than the sunset that made it. Exposing for that surface turns the flamingos into shadows, and I accepted the loss of every detail in the birds in exchange for the purity of the graphic shape.
I remember the silence more than the colour. The Camargue at dusk is an enormous flat place where sound carries for kilometres, and the only thing you hear is the water being filtered through three beaks.
My intention was to photograph the most ornamental bird in Europe stripped of its ornament, and to let the shape alone carry it.
- Location
- Étang de Vaccarès, Camargue, France
- Date
- 2022
- 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. The mount puts space between the photo and the frame: a classic, understated look that draws the eye to the image.
For aluminium and acrylic, black or white. A narrow gap separates the photo from the moulding: it seems to hang suspended inside its frame, for a contemporary look.
For aluminium and acrylic: an aluminium structure fixed to the back, invisible once hung. The photo seems to rest on the wall, slightly set off from it.
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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