Pastel Silence (2025) Photograph by Francois de Melogue

Pastel Silence
Francois de Melogue
2025 | Archival pigment print on soft, natural white cotton fine art paper. | 17x25

"Pastel Silence" is an invitation to pause. Standing by Lake Champlain, I watched the sky fold into soft hues of peach and violet while Camel’s Hump wore a crown of snow, as if waiting all day for that very moment.

The stillness felt like a form of grace—a reminder of why I carry a camera: to trade noise for nuance and be shaped by the beauty I witness. It brought to mind Aldo Leopold’s reflection, “Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.”
In that quiet light, I felt exactly what he meant, grateful to be among those who still stop to look.

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 natural cotton 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

Materials used:

Shot on Canon R5 Mark II. Printed on Canon Pro-1100 using museum-grade archival pigment inks on soft, natural white cotton fine art paper.

Details:

• Photograph on Paper
• From a limited edition of 25
• Size: 43.18 x 63.5cm
• Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky