Cleared After Rain Airbus A320-200 · Wing view
The acrylic print is made in Germany, your photo sealed behind gallery-grade acrylic glass.
- Glossy and Deep: The acrylic glass deepens the dark cloud and the wet asphalt and makes the shine on the runway and the light on the wing stand out.
- Razor-Sharp Details: Printed at full resolution, so the runway numbers, the taxiway lines and the rivets on the nacelle stay crisp.
- Ready to Hang: The hanging system is fitted on the back, so the picture sits slightly off the wall.
The fine-art print is made on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta, a 325 g/m² paper with a barium sulphate coating.
- Darkroom Character: The baryta coating gives the paper the silk sheen and fine texture of a classic darkroom print; the wet asphalt stays deep and even against the pale sky.
- Razor-Sharp Details: Pigment inks on bright white paper keep the runway numbers, the taxiway lines and the rivets on the nacelle sharp.
- Ready to Frame: A 2 cm white border on acid-free, museum-quality paper. Shipped unframed, ready for the frame of your choice.
Four sizes in the original 2:3 ratio: 20 × 30, 40 × 60, 60 × 90 and 80 × 120 cm. Fine-art prints ship unframed. Acrylic glass arrives ready to hang. The signed edition, Positive Climb, comes in 80 × 120 cm only.
Shipping is included in Germany and the rest of the EU. Printed to order in Germany and shipped by parcel service. From order to your door it takes about 3–5 working days within Germany and about 4–8 elsewhere in the EU. A fine-art print in 80 × 120 cm takes about 9 working days within Germany and 11 to other EU countries. All countries and special cases are on the Shipping page. If you need a print by a certain date, write to me before you order. If your print arrives damaged, email me within 14 days of delivery with your order number and two photos, and I’ll arrange a replacement or a refund.
Manufacturer
Made to order by Saal Digital Fotoservice GmbH, Zeppelinstraße 36, 91187 Röttenbach, Germany (www.saal-digital.de) or by WhiteWall Media GmbH, Europaallee 59, 50226 Frechen, Germany (www.whitewall.com).
Seller and contact in the EU
Aaron Püttmann – PilotstoriesArt, Alt-Praunheim 53, 60488 Frankfurt am Main, Germany · hello@pilotstories.art
Safety
Acrylic glass prints are heavy, especially at 60 × 90 and 80 × 120 cm. Hang them with screws and wall plugs suited to your wall and to the weight. Carry and unpack them with both hands and hold them by the edges. Keep packaging material away from small children.
Care
Dust acrylic glass with a soft, dry microfibre cloth; for marks, use a little clean water. No alcohol, glass cleaner or abrasive cloths. Hold fine-art paper by its edges. Hang prints out of direct sunlight and away from heaters.
Cleared After Rain
The story behind the frame
Amsterdam Schiphol on a winter afternoon, a few seconds after lift-off from runway 09. A heavy shower has just passed, the cloud is breaking open in the west, and the low sun comes in underneath it.
Right under the engine lies the threshold of runway 18L, the Aalsmeerbaan, its numbers and stripes still wet and shining. Beyond it the taxiways curve towards the piers, every one of them still carrying the rain, and the tank farm and the hangars sit in the last of the light.
The details
I took it from the window seat on the right, just in front of the engine, which is why the nacelle fills the lower half of the frame and the sharklet points into the light. The threshold of 18L passes under the wing moments after take-off from 09, and on this day the wet surface turned the whole airfield into a mirror.
From the window seat, January 2023
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