Spring flames
Vert-le-Grand, Essonne, France · April 2025
Honorable mention, International Photography Awards 2025 + 2 more awards
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 · White
Rapeseed of an almost unreasonable yellow: acrylic glass keeps all that brilliance, and the white frame the lightness of spring.
- 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 early April 2025, a rapeseed field near Vert-le-Grand in the Essonne burst into that particular, almost unreasonable yellow that only lasts a few weeks each spring. A single tree stood at the field’s edge, gnarled and stark, its branches still bare against a sky gone a deep, saturated blue.
There is nothing else in the frame: hard yellow below, clean blue above. I kept the tree small and slightly off centre, because the emptiness around it is what gives it its size. The rapeseed was at the exact stage where the colour is uniform and the field reads as a single surface rather than as individual plants. A week earlier it is patchy, a week later it has begun to go over, and that narrow window is most of what this picture required.
The contrast between tree and field felt less like a photograph of spring than a photograph of the idea of spring. From a distance, the field genuinely looks as if it is on fire, which is where the title comes from.
- Location
- Vert-le-Grand, Essonne, France
- Date
- April 2025
- Awards
- Honorable mention, International Photography Awards 2025Nature · Seasons · Professional
- Honorable mention, Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) 2025Nature · Seasons · Professional
- Nominee, reFocus Awards 2025Color · Minimalism · 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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