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Image:
10.00" x 6.50"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
15.50" x 12.00"
Mont Saint Michel Framed Print
by Hugh Smith
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Mont Saint Michel framed print by Hugh Smith. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
Mont Ste. Michel is on an island just 600 metres from land — made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an... more
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Artist's Description
Mont Ste. Michel is on an island just 600 metres from land — made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned, would-be assailants. The Mont remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. The reverse benefits of its natural defence were not lost on Louis XI, who turned the Mont into a prison. Thereafter the abbey began to be used more regularly as a jail during the Ancien Régime.
About Hugh Smith
A Philadelphia native, I have lived in Baja California for the past 3 years. I make photographs. Since my first Brownie Starflash when I was 6, I have tried to make photographs that make people think and touch an emotional spark in them. That is what motivates me as a photographer. You can follow me at www.jargonart.com I started shooting as a stringer for newspapers and in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. I opened my commercial studio in Center City, Philadelphia in 1972. I shot catalogs for Spencer Gifts and Lenox China among others. I shot fashion, runway and headshots until about 5 years ago as my wife and I started slowing to a merciful crawl and traveling and writing. My work has appeared in magazines from Shutterbug to...
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John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Hugh Smith replied:
Thank you, John!
Judy Vincent
This image is being featured in the “Photography ONLY – Landscapes and Landmarks” group – one of the most active groups on Fine Art America featuring the best landscape photographers in the world! Congratulations on your excellent work!
Hugh Smith replied:
Thank you, Judy!
Yazmin Basa
Formidable masterpiece!
Hugh Smith replied:
Thank you, Yazmin!
Mother Nature
F/L I can see it both as fortress and jail - austere, foreboding, unassailable. Terrific write up and most interesting and beautiful image.
Hugh Smith replied:
Thank you, Ms. Green Lane!
Portraits By Peggy
Beautiful
Hugh Smith replied:
Thank you Peggy and you should have been here!