// Special Edition 001 Print Release

‘Holding Hands by the Seine’ is available as a silver-gelatin print for one week only

Ed Brydon

Jul 13, 2023

Black and white photograph of a couple, man and woman, walking away from camera below on a cobblestone quay by a river. A boat with a bicycle lashed to it peaks in from bottom left. Two arches of a stone bridge cross the river ahead of the couple and some bare trees branches come into from frame top right

“Hand in hand, standing face to face,
Under the arch of the bridge our outstretched arms make”

- Guillaume Apollinaire, tr Frederick Seidel, Paris Review, 202

I am thrilled to announce that six archival silver-gelatin prints of this photograph ‘Holding Hands by the Seine’ are now available.

I’m running a special sale of this print for one week only, from 14 July (tomorrow) through 21 July. As a valued newsletter subscriber, you have the opportunity to purchase one of only six specially made copies of this print, a full 24 hours before I make them available to the general public tomorrow.

That’s right: I’ve only printed six copies of this photograph, and after 21 July I cannot guarantee it will be available again. This print sale represents a point in time when I will be moving on from my black and white Paris work to other projects.

'HOLDING HANDS BY THE SEINE' PRINTS

‘Holding hands by the Seine’ is more than just a photograph, it is a hand-crafted celebration of love and beauty, and a meditation on those moments in life and in travel that bring us together.

The photograph is inspired by Paris, the ‘city of Lights and Love’ and La Seine, her magnetic, majestic river. Photographers, artists, poets and writers, like Apollinaire in the quote above, have all sought romance and inspiration along her banks.

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The prints in process and in Paris photographing, by Alli Brydon

Don’t we all want to be walking along the Seine, holding hands with our love?

This photograph was made was made on the first trip I took with my wife and family in 2022, after two years of being unable to travel. We had been holding hands ourselves on the road above the river, just moments before I saw this scene begin to coalesce down on the quay below.

As a valued subscriber to my email newsletter, you are receiving exclusive, 24-hour early notice before the official release tomorrow on 14 July, Bastille Day.

BUY A PRINT

Can you imagine this romantic photograph in a special place in your home? Each of the six hand-printed, archival silver-gelatin prints has been lovingly made by my own hands in the darkroom and signed and dated ‘en verso’.

Three prints in each of two sizes, 8x10 and 11x14, are available for just one week. This release will end at 23:59 BST on 21 July, 2023.

PURCHASE YOUR PRINT

This limited time offer has been created with the discerning lover of photography in mind. Grab this offer before the week runs out!

Thank you, sincerely,

P.S. The timer on this print release starts now, so act fast!

“One of the pleasantest things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come.”

- Gertrude Stein, Paris France