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Heliography “Centre Pompidou, Midday”, created in August 2013 at 15 Rue Beaubourg, Paris. Handcrafted on aluminum with Niépce’s original 1822–1827 process using Bitume de Judée. Unique collector’s artwork.
Heliography “Centre Pompidou, Midday”, created in August 2013 at 15 Rue Beaubourg, Paris. Handcrafted on aluminum with Niépce’s original 1822–1827 process using Bitume de Judée. Unique collector’s artwork.
Heliography “Centre Pompidou, Midday”, created in August 2013 at 15 Rue Beaubourg, Paris. Handcrafted on aluminum with Niépce’s original 1822–1827 process using Bitume de Judée. Unique collector’s artwork.
Heliography “Centre Pompidou, Midday”, created in August 2013 at 15 Rue Beaubourg, Paris. Handcrafted on aluminum with Niépce’s original 1822–1827 process using Bitume de Judée. Unique collector’s artwork. Internegativ
Heliography “Centre Pompidou, Midday”, created in August 2013 at 15 Rue Beaubourg, Paris. Handcrafted on aluminum with Niépce’s original 1822–1827 process using Bitume de Judée. Unique collector’s artwork.

Centre Pompidou, Midday, Heliography Unique

159,00 €

Unique piece. Shipping within the EU included.

The Story Behind “Centre Pompidou, Midday”

The image was captured in August 2013 on Rue Beaubourg in Paris, caught by the passing Google camera at the edge of the Centre Pompidou. Three white ventilation pipes rise like futuristic sculptures, and in front of them a lone passerby — casual, almost lost against the scale of the architecture.

A fleeting moment of urban choreography, carrying with it Barthes’ phrase: “It has been.” The passerby was there, on that day, in that light — unrepeatable, and yet preserved within the image.

What you receive:

Original heliograph: unique piece, created following the process of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1822/1827)
Intermediate negative: from the development process – exposed once on a sunny day in September 2024
Street View print of the original location with the selected image section marked
Handmade A5 storage box

Dimensions: Heliograph approx. 9 × 13.5 cm, mounted on passe-partout board (14 × 19 cm)
Materials: Aluminum plate, Bitumen of Judea, lavender oil
Edition: Unique piece, signed and dated. Entry-level photography edition for collectors.

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