A.M. Foster Bridge in Autumn (2024) Photograph by Francois de Melogue

A.M. Foster Bridge in Autumn
Francois de Melogue
2024 | Archival pigment print on archival satin photo paper | 25x17

The A.M. Foster Bridge stands at the edge of a Vermont meadow as the sky goes peach and gray at the horizon. Its weathered timber has taken on the blue-gray of old barn wood, the planks and peaked roof worn smooth by decades of hard winters. A split-rail fence runs along either side of the gravel approach, the posts listing slightly, the rails gone silver. The sign above the entrance reads the years 1856 and 1914 in plain lettering. Beyond the opening, the hillside is on fire. Sugar maples hold their scarlet and orange against the pale early sky, the colors so saturated they seem to generate their own light. Distant mountains sit blue and indifferent along the ridge.

The meadow grasses have gone rust and gold at the edges of the path. The air at this hour carries the cold that settles overnight and has not yet burned off, the kind that makes the colors look sharper and the sky more provisional. The bridge does not span water. It stands in open ground, framing nothing but the morning and the trees behind it, which turns out to be enough. The fences draw you forward. The opening holds what is there to be seen.

Quality is about longevity. I use a high-resolution Canon R5 Mark II to capture every detail of the Vermont landscape. Each piece is printed in-studio using professional-grade Canon Pro-1100 and Epson P9000 systems with archival pigment inks on archival satin photo paper to create a print that will last for generations.
Print only, with a 1/4 inch wide white bordering for convenient matting and (or) framing.
Unmatted (unmounted) / unframed.

Details:

• Photograph on Paper
• From a limited edition of 24
• Size: 63.5 x 43.18cm (unframed)
• Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
• Style: Unspecified
• Subject: Architecture and cityscapes

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