Golden columns
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 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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My advice for this photo
- Material
- Acrylic glassOn fine art paper, I would choose a baryta paper.
- Framing
- Floater frame · Black
Golden columns reflected in the water at night: acrylic glass makes the gold luminous and the black water deep.
- 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
Under the Fondation Louis Vuitton at night, where the building rests on a shallow sheet of water and the lighting turns the structure into two colours and nothing else: a warm gold on the columns and beams, a hard electric blue in the gaps between them. The reflection doubles the whole thing, and the frame is built to be read either way up.
I placed the waterline exactly across the middle, which is normally a mistake and is precisely the point here. The subject is the symmetry rather than the building, and a symmetry that is not centred simply looks like an error. Everything then depends on the line of columns receding to the right, which stops the picture from being a mirror and turns it into a corridor.
All the light is artificial, and that is a gift rather than a constraint: it does not move, it does not change colour, and it can be waited on. The only decisions left are where to stand and how long to leave the shutter open so the water goes perfectly still.
Gehry designed the building as twelve glass sails over a block of white concrete, and most photographs look at the sails. The underside is where the engineering is honest, and where the lighting designers did their best work.
I wanted an image that reads first as abstraction and only afterwards as a place, and that gives a famous building back its geometry.
- Location
- Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
- Date
- 2020
- Gallery
- Architecture
Sizes and prices
| Size | Fine art paper | Aluminium Dibond | Acrylic glass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small40 × 30 cm | 195 € | 300 € | 425 € |
| Medium60 × 45 cm | 275 € | 450 € | 640 € |
| Large80 × 60 cm | 440 € | 670 € | 1 010 € |
| Extra large120 × 90 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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