Cross the sky
Near Rennemoulin, Yvelines, France · February 2025
Honorable mention, Minimalist Photography Awards 2025
From 195 €
Limited edition of twenty prints, all sizes and materials combined. Each print is signed, numbered and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.
Choose your print
My advice for this photo
- Material
- Acrylic glassOn fine art paper, I would choose a baryta paper.
- Framing
- Floater frame · Black
A lone white door in the middle of a field: acrylic glass gives the image its depth and the sky its brilliance.
- 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
In an open field near Rennemoulin, a single white door frame stands with nothing beside it: no wall, no house, just grass and open sky. Whatever purpose it may once have had is gone. It opens onto nothing and closes nothing off, and I framed it against the sky so that the absurdity is impossible to miss.
I found it at sunset, just as a wave of red cloud swept overhead, and this ordinary, forgotten object suddenly looked like a threshold into somewhere else entirely. I let the sunset stay soft and kept the door frame as the only hard object in the picture. Weathered white-painted wood against a coloured sky needs no help; adding contrast would have turned a quiet joke into a poster.
People who see this image almost always ask what is on the other side of the door, and I have come to enjoy the fact that I genuinely do not have an answer. It is one of the simplest compositions I have ever built a photograph around, and also one of those I am asked about most.
- Location
- Near Rennemoulin, Yvelines, France
- Date
- February 2025
- Awards
- Honorable mention, Minimalist Photography Awards 2025Fine Art · Professional
- Gallery
- Landscape
Sizes and prices
| Size | Fine art paper | Aluminium Dibond | Acrylic glass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small45 × 30 cm | 195 € | 300 € | 425 € |
| Medium60 × 40 cm | 275 € | 450 € | 640 € |
| Large90 × 60 cm | 440 € | 670 € | 1 010 € |
| Extra large120 × 80 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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