Champagne mill
Moulin de Verzenay, Montagne de Reims, France · 2024
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
- Aluminium DibondOn fine art paper, I would choose a matt cotton paper.
- Framing
- Floater frame · White
The lone windmill amid the vines, composed from foreground to sky: Aluminium Dibond keeps the detail of the rows, and the white frame the light.
- 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
The mill sits alone on its knoll and everything around it is vineyard. I built the frame from the bottom up: a wide foreground of vine rows, then the slope, then the small dark silhouette on the crest, so that the whole lower half of the picture explains the upper half.
The rows run diagonally out of the corner and converge towards the mill, and that convergence is the composition. I walked the headland for a while to find the exact row that would point at the building rather than past it: a few metres either way and the lines miss, and the picture falls apart.
I worked in soft overcast light. Hard sun would have carved black shadows between the rows and broken the rhythm; under a high thin cloud the leaves stay uniformly green and the vineyard reads as texture, which lets the eye travel across it instead of stopping in it.
This mill has watched over the same slopes since the nineteenth century, and it survived a war as an observation post. Standing in the rows on a grey afternoon, I felt continuity more than beauty: the very ordinary fact of a place that keeps doing the same thing, year after year.
- Location
- Moulin de Verzenay, Montagne de Reims, France
- Date
- 2024
- Gallery
- Landscape
Sizes and prices
| Size | Fine art paper | Aluminium Dibond | Acrylic glass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small30 × 40 cm | 195 € | 300 € | 425 € |
| Medium45 × 60 cm | 275 € | 450 € | 640 € |
| Large60 × 80 cm | 440 € | 670 € | 1 010 € |
| Extra large90 × 120 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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