Sir Ranulph Fiennes - Explorer
24” x 20” / 60.96 x 50.8cm (Edition of 8)
20” x 16” / 50.8 x 40.64cm (Edition of 25)
16” x 12” / 40.64 x 30.48cm (Edition of 50)
The Story.
With more than two dozen expeditions under his belt, including being the only man alive to have circumnavigated the globe around its vertical surface, Sir Ranulph Fiennes has spent much of his life braving harsh extremes in far flung corners of the world. From lying in a tent 300 metres short of the summit of Everest having a heart attack, to losing the ends of his fingers to frostbite, he’s no stranger to life threatening situations. It’s rather ironic that in his youth he got down to the last six in an audition to become James Bond, only for Cubby Broccoli to say no as he had a farmer’s working hands. Over the years his various expeditions have raised a phenomenal amount of money for charity.
“I like my hands. I’m very lucky having strong functional ones, even though they don’t look good from an artistic point of view. They have saved my life by being faster on the trigger with an army rifle than two Marxist soldiers were with theirs in a shoot-out. And by pulling me up ropes to safety in the Arctic Sea and in Antarctic crevasses. I’m most grateful to them both, even the one with short fingers.”
All prints are all archival, meaning they will last for well over 75 years. Most of his prints are reproduced on Hahnemühle Fine Art photo paper, regarded as one of the best photographic papers in the world. The majority of prints are printed using Giclée printing which reproduces incredible detail and brilliant colour, and has a higher resolution than traditional lithographic printing. All Limited Edition prints come with a Certificate of Authentication stating the print title, edition number, date of printing and are signed by the artist and stamped with his photographer's seal. The print itself is also titled, numbered and signed in pencil by the artist. All prints come with a pair of print handling gloves and a “Handling & Framing Your Print” instruction sheet.
Print sizes are quoted as the edge to edge dimensions of the paper itself, including the border around the image. Borders will vary according to the image dimensions, but will typically be between 1 to 2 ½ inches.
Each print will have a strict limitation to its edition run, plus a maximum of 2APs (Artist Proofs) marked 1/AP and 2/AP.
The 'Framed' image is for visual reference only. Room image with thanks to rawpixel.com