PRETTY
BENZ
Pretty Benz
Mercedes-Benz 280 SEL 4.5 Typ W109
Oneshot photographed in front of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Los Angeles 2013
Pretty Benz was taken on the set of the movie “Pretty Woman”, right in front of the Beverly Wilshire Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. It was February 16, 2012, when René’s friend Benny (known as Benjamin Schneider, Hotel Arlberg Lech) was the restaurant manager at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
The evening after a shoot in LA, Benny told us that he had just bought a Mercedes-Benz 280SEL 4.5, which he was going to drive across America. It was half past one in the morning and Benny didn’t want to show the car in the dark garage, so he drove it right up to the hotel entrance. The streets were deserted and the colors were so impressive, and Benny was really brave, an S-Class in gold metallic
Camera settings
Camera: Leica S2
Lens: 35 mm
Aperture: 11
Chip: 37,5 MPixel
Exposure: 6 seconds
The Artwork
Production: Giclée fine art pigment print on special coated aluminium type „Hylite“ 2mm with 2-layer top coat and fine sanding polished and sealed with swissvax framed in a black lacquered shadow gap frame.
Edition: 9 + AP
Standard Size: 144 cm x 107 cm
(Custom sizes upon request)
Price: 12.000 USD (excl. shipping & transportation)
