Artwork description:

This image was captured on a little road-trip from Paris to Arles for the 2009 Les Rencontres d'Arles (Arles Photography Festival). We did a quick stop in historic Le Puy-en-Velay - famous for it's lentils apparently, but also one of the starting points of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route.
Wandering around having a nosy in the back-streets whilst looking for a good local cafe for lunch these two facades caught my eye. There is something about them that - for me at least - feels very typical french, although clearly in need of some TLC. I've always found delipidated or derelict buildings interesting with it's weathered textures and faded, often flaking colours.


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Beautifully Giclée printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper with an illustrative/ painted feel.

Technology: Epson UltraChrome HDR Wide Gamut Inks with archival life expectancy: 40 years daylight, 200 years in dark.

All prints are professionally printed to ensure the absolute best quality and consistency. I pride myself in strict quality control, hence I only use top professional printers based here in London, that I am content use very strict colour consistency checks and use the very best of printing techniques available. This of course greatly increases production costs, but give me and my customers the peace of mind that I deliver a supreme quality artwork.

Materials used:

Hahnemuhle Photo Rag.

Tags:

#texture #architecture #calm #geometrical #france #travel #architectural #graphic #calming #french #derelict #architectural detail #dilapidated #crumbling #le puy-en-velay