Hotel Bond
Furka Pass, Switzerland 2025
“No film franchise has enhanced the fame of specific locations more than Bond. To be the backdrop narrative to a sequence in a Bond movie – no matter how dated – bestows heavyweight status on the map coordinates. It is product placement at its most acute level.
In 1964, Goldfinger, the second 007 movie, was released and, in retrospect, it was the key to the franchise. The movie recouped its investment in just two weeks and is still cited as the film that established many of the iconic elements and tropes of Bond movies. For many aficionados, Goldfinger is THE Bond movie – Rotten Tomatoes – the exacting review aggregation website, score it at 99%.
Goldfinger rammed home the Box Office of Sean Connery and brought names like Oddjob and Pussy Galore into our lives. It also made famous the hairpin bends of the Furka Pass in Switzerland and the quintessential Belle Époque buildings lining its route. The jewel in the crown of these is the iconic Belvedere Hotel – which sits precisely on the inside of one of the hairpins. It is an Alpine monument to the glittering days of the Swiss hotel industry in the late 19th century.
I do not like driving, or even being driven, on mountain pass roads – especially ones with token barriers accompanying 3000-foot drops. Bond may have enjoyed his car chase on this road, but I am no Bond and this project certainly reminded me that I have some embarrassing vertigo issues.
The Furka pass is inaccessible until late May and, given my leaning to film with as much snow in the backdrop as possible, this was always going to be an early June shoot. The Belvedere Hotel is long closed for business and I want to thank the owners for allowing to us to open the shutters and somehow put some lights on. I am sure Wes Anderson would have done the same and it did make all the difference.
If there was ever to be a Bond Hotel – I think it should be here.”
-David Yarrow
Available Sizes
Large - Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 56” x 101" in (142 cm x 257 cm)
- Framed Image: 71” x 116” in (180 cm x 295 cm)
Standard - Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 37” x 67” in (94 cm x 170 cm)
- Framed Image: 52” x 82” in (132 cm x 208 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your artwork. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
Hotel Bond (Colour)
Furka Pass, Switzerland 2025
“No film franchise has enhanced the fame of specific locations more than Bond. To be the backdrop narrative to a sequence in a Bond movie – no matter how dated – bestows heavyweight status on the map coordinates. It is product placement at its most acute level.
In 1964, Goldfinger, the second 007 movie, was released and, in retrospect, it was the key to the franchise. The movie recouped its investment in just two weeks and is still cited as the film that established many of the iconic elements and tropes of Bond movies. For many aficionados, Goldfinger is THE Bond movie – Rotten Tomatoes – the exacting review aggregation website, score it at 99%.
Goldfinger rammed home the Box Office of Sean Connery and brought names like Oddjob and Pussy Galore into our lives. It also made famous the hairpin bends of the Furka Pass in Switzerland and the quintessential Belle Époque buildings lining its route. The jewel in the crown of these is the iconic Belvedere Hotel – which sits precisely on the inside of one of the hairpins. It is an Alpine monument to the glittering days of the Swiss hotel industry in the late 19th century.
I do not like driving, or even being driven, on mountain pass roads – especially ones with token barriers accompanying 3000-foot drops. Bond may have enjoyed his car chase on this road, but I am no Bond and this project certainly reminded me that I have some embarrassing vertigo issues.
The Furka pass is inaccessible until late May and, given my leaning to film with as much snow in the backdrop as possible, this was always going to be an early June shoot. The Belvedere Hotel is long closed for business and I want to thank the owners for allowing to us to open the shutters and somehow put some lights on. I am sure Wes Anderson would have done the same and it did make all the difference.
If there was ever to be a Bond Hotel – I think it should be here.”
-David Yarrow
Available Sizes
Large - Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 56” x 101" in (142 cm x 257 cm)
- Framed Image: 71” x 116” in (180 cm x 295 cm)
Standard - Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 37” x 67” in (94 cm x 170 cm)
- Framed Image: 52” x 82” in (132 cm x 208 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your artwork. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
The Eiger
Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland – 2025
Archival Pigment Print
“Anthony Bourdain once said “It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. For a while after, you fumble for words, trying vainly to assemble a private narrative, an explanation, a comfortable way to frame where you’ve been and what’s happened. In the end, you’re just happy you were there – with your eyes open – and lived to see it.”
In 1840, the Hotel Bellevue des Alpes opened its doors for business in the fabled Kleine Scheidegg pass in Switzerland. Sitting proudly at nearly 7,000 feet, with the notorious Eiger mountain towering above it, this grand old hotel has, for 185 years, offered unparalleled bedroom visuals. Its decor and design have an Agatha Christie vibe and its location a James Bond one. Anyone with a visual sensibility recognises immediately that there is nothing remotely normal about this place. Its existence is testimony to Swiss ambition and engineering prowess eight or nine generations ago.
I had pondered and iterated for some months as to how to do justice to the location. There were a few easy decisions such as filming in the winter and to position my camera far enough back from the right-hand wing of the hotel to give the structure room to breathe and, in so doing, convey a necessary sense of isolation and scale. I knew that the end frame demanded perfect compositional balance.
I sensed that an old European roulette table would not only play on risk taking well, but it would also double down on the James Bond vibe that the setting evokes. I wanted to reinforce the message that is not only a hotel where guests have literally and metaphorically lived on the edge, but also a destination that attracts those who live fast paced and glamorous lives.
The missing link in this layered story were the protagonists and I knew that they would be critical to the whole piece. If they fell short, the picture would fail. It was that simple. David Gandy is a bankable asset in any picture, that is why he has been the face of Dolce and Gabbana for so many years and, for a still camera, there is a very creditable 007 look. Meanwhile, our old Austrian friend Nadine Leopold – with her femininity, grace and intelligence – adds to any story.
My sense was always that this vignette needed to be taken as close to twilight as possible; the sense of impending darkness would add drama and certainly complement the styling.”
-David Yarrow
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 76″ x 56″ in (193 x 142 cm)
- Framed Image: 91″ x 71″ in (231 x 180 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 51″ x 37″ in (130 x 94 cm)
- Framed Image: 66″ x 52″ in (168 x 132 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
The Girl On The Vespa
The timeless island of Procida, in the Bay of Naples, has caught the eye of film directors of stature. Anthony Minghella was drawn to it and made full use of it in The Talented Mr Ripley and in the same era, Il Postino: The Postman was shot almost entirely on the island.
I like the island, not just for its worn facades or the artisan life that defines it, but because there is a strong sense of place in almost every location. The still camera can capture that vibe in a single frame, which is quite rare and always encourages me.
This little street – used by Minghella – caught my eye because the camera lens must point up as the road is on a steep slope. This allows for a wider narrative behind the subject and if we travel to somewhere as special as Procida, we want to include as much context as possible. A road with a steep incline is almost always good news.
In the first 58 years of my life, I never traveled to Procida and then, in the space of eight months, I went there five times. Someone tracking my movements – and thankfully I don’t think anyone is bored enough or interested enough to do so – would suspect something was up. They would be right, though it was nothing more than a new obsession – like a dog with a new bone. I knew there was stuff to do here, and I needed to let it all soak in.
Alessandra Ambrosio nailed her role as “The girl on the vespa”, but this was far from her first rodeo, and even at 06.20 am she looks too good to be true. Everything else was intuitive – including, of course, a Maradona shirt on the laundry line. That shirt is part of every street in the Bay of Naples
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 56” x 62” in (142.2 cm x 157.5 cm)
- Framed Image: 71” x 77” in (180.3 cm x 195.6 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 37” x 41” in (93.98 cm x 104.1 cm)
- Framed Image: 52” x 56” in (132.1 cm x 142.2 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
The Girl On The Vespa (Colour)
The timeless island of Procida, in the Bay of Naples, has caught the eye of film directors of stature. Anthony Minghella was drawn to it and made full use of it in The Talented Mr Ripley and in the same era, Il Postino: The Postman was shot almost entirely on the island.
I like the island, not just for its worn facades or the artisan life that defines it, but because there is a strong sense of place in almost every location. The still camera can capture that vibe in a single frame, which is quite rare and always encourages me.
This little street – used by Minghella – caught my eye because the camera lens must point up as the road is on a steep slope. This allows for a wider narrative behind the subject and if we travel to somewhere as special as Procida, we want to include as much context as possible. A road with a steep incline is almost always good news.
In the first 58 years of my life, I never traveled to Procida and then, in the space of eight months, I went there five times. Someone tracking my movements – and thankfully I don’t think anyone is bored enough or interested enough to do so – would suspect something was up. They would be right, though it was nothing more than a new obsession – like a dog with a new bone. I knew there was stuff to do here, and I needed to let it all soak in.
Alessandra Ambrosio nailed her role as “The girl on the vespa”, but this was far from her first rodeo, and even at 06.20 am she looks too good to be true. Everything else was intuitive – including, of course, a Maradona shirt on the laundry line. That shirt is part of every street in the Bay of Naples
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 56” x 62” in (142.2 cm x 157.5 cm)
- Framed Image: 71” x 77” in (180.3 cm x 195.6 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 37” x 41” in (93.98 cm x 104.1 cm)
- Framed Image: 52” x 56” in (132.1 cm x 142.2 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
A Room With A View
If locations had the right to be called “heaven on earth”, then the Amalfi Coast would fancy its chances of owning it and not being mocked. There are not many places I know that can get away with that. The timeless beauty and dramatic location of communities such as Atrani are well known; the dramatic peninsula attracts five million visitors a year despite car journeys that are not for the faint hearted. This is no secret garden.
Making this photograph of the generational supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio in Atrani needed some thought. It was a good premise, with some world class constituents, but we could not afford to be creatively lame.
We knew a modest B&B with one room whose balcony had the right view of Atrani. But my sense was that it needed an extra variable to give that emphatic sense of place. My leaning was to construct a lemon grove – as the fruit is symbolic of the region. In the Bay of Naples, lemons are Jurassic; almost as if they have evolved differently from everywhere else and when they come together on a grove, it offers a visual feast.
This was not an easy set and the people who made it happen were the locals of Atrani: the Mayor; the Chief of Police; the landlord and the lemon gardener. It was a true team effort. There is such a sense of community here and that is what makes the Amalfi Coast truly special. The hilltop scenery, the azure sea, the food and the wine all transcend at some level, but it’s the people living and working behind Alessandra in this photograph who make the location so special.
It is a “Room with a view” – a view of a proper community.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 56” x 89” in (142.2 cm x 226.1 cm)
- Framed Image: 71” x 104” in (180.3 cm x 264.2 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 37” x 59” in (93.98 cm x 149.9 cm)
- Framed Image: 52” x 74” in (132.1 cm x 188 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
A Room With A View (Colour)
If locations had the right to be called “heaven on earth”, then the Amalfi Coast would fancy its chances of owning it and not being mocked. There are not many places I know that can get away with that. The timeless beauty and dramatic location of communities such as Atrani are well known; the dramatic peninsula attracts five million visitors a year despite car journeys that are not for the faint hearted. This is no secret garden.
Making this photograph of the generational supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio in Atrani needed some thought. It was a good premise, with some world class constituents, but we could not afford to be creatively lame.
We knew a modest B&B with one room whose balcony had the right view of Atrani. But my sense was that it needed an extra variable to give that emphatic sense of place. My leaning was to construct a lemon grove – as the fruit is symbolic of the region. In the Bay of Naples, lemons are Jurassic; almost as if they have evolved differently from everywhere else and when they come together on a grove, it offers a visual feast.
This was not an easy set and the people who made it happen were the locals of Atrani: the Mayor; the Chief of Police; the landlord and the lemon gardener. It was a true team effort. There is such a sense of community here and that is what makes the Amalfi Coast truly special. The hilltop scenery, the azure sea, the food and the wine all transcend at some level, but it’s the people living and working behind Alessandra in this photograph who make the location so special.
It is a “Room with a view” – a view of a proper community.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 56” x 89” in (142.2 cm x 226.1 cm)
- Framed Image: 71” x 104” in (180.3 cm x 264.2 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 37” x 59” in (93.98 cm x 149.9 cm)
- Framed Image: 52” x 74” in (132.1 cm x 188 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
Bellissimo (Colour)
Bellisimo
Archival Pigment Print
Neapolitans are intensely proud people – “Vedi Napoli e poi muori” goes the local proverb (see Napoli and die). That pride is well deserved given the city’s unique well-worn beauty, the visual splendour of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples and then the palpable sense of community that has been consistently nurtured generation after generation. Throw in the archaeological treasure trove of Pompeii, culinary preeminence, Diego Maradona and Napoli FC and this is an ancient city that never stops giving.
Like being Texan, being Neapolitan assures a certain state of mind, but unlike Texas, that state of mind may have been on offer for 3000 years. The area has been continuously inhabited since 1000 BC – one of the oldest such cases in the world – and this has probably worked against radical urban redevelopment. I sense that there has never been a real window of opportunity to establish modernity and the reward is what we can now all see.
Undeniably poor in parts, and chaotic almost everywhere, Napoli is raw and untamed, but that is what makes it artistically captivating. What the inner city lacks in serenity, it makes up for in adrenalin. Driving a car here is a combative Olympic sport, not just a means of getting from A to B.
In filtering down to what is truly core to the city, I sense that two constituents simply cannot be removed – food and football. That is not to say that the other associations are emphatically weaker, but these two are surely integral to the fabric of the Paris of the South.
I was fortunate to be working in town last Friday when Napoli FC landed the Serie A title for the 4th time in the club’s history. Forza Napoli and Forza Scott McTominay. And it was also a treat to work with Alessandra Ambrosio, who despite huge fame, has never really changed at all.
There have been many photographs taken in the Bay of Naples of girls eating pasta over the years and I wanted a fresh composition. This image of the celebrated Alessandra Ambrosio eating vongole on the roof of the famous Grand Hotel Parker’s has a definite sense of place for sure.
It’s always the small things and I like the one glass in this shot – the most notorious volcano in the world and we get to see it twice in one frame.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Print Size: 56″ x 87″ in (142.2 x 221 cm)
- Framed Size: 71″ x 102″ in (180.3 x 259.1 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Print Size: 37″ x 57″ in (94 x 144.8 cm)
- Framed Size: 52″ x 72 in (132.1 x 182.9 cm)
Also available in B+W.
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
Bellissimo
Bellisimo
Archival Pigment Print
Neapolitans are intensely proud people – “Vedi Napoli e poi muori” goes the local proverb (see Napoli and die). That pride is well deserved given the city’s unique well-worn beauty, the visual splendour of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples and then the palpable sense of community that has been consistently nurtured generation after generation. Throw in the archaeological treasure trove of Pompeii, culinary preeminence, Diego Maradona and Napoli FC and this is an ancient city that never stops giving.
Like being Texan, being Neapolitan assures a certain state of mind, but unlike Texas, that state of mind may have been on offer for 3000 years. The area has been continuously inhabited since 1000 BC – one of the oldest such cases in the world – and this has probably worked against radical urban redevelopment. I sense that there has never been a real window of opportunity to establish modernity and the reward is what we can now all see.
Undeniably poor in parts, and chaotic almost everywhere, Napoli is raw and untamed, but that is what makes it artistically captivating. What the inner city lacks in serenity, it makes up for in adrenalin. Driving a car here is a combative Olympic sport, not just a means of getting from A to B.
In filtering down to what is truly core to the city, I sense that two constituents simply cannot be removed – food and football. That is not to say that the other associations are emphatically weaker, but these two are surely integral to the fabric of the Paris of the South.
I was fortunate to be working in town last Friday when Napoli FC landed the Serie A title for the 4th time in the club’s history. Forza Napoli and Forza Scott McTominay. And it was also a treat to work with Alessandra Ambrosio, who despite huge fame, has never really changed at all.
There have been many photographs taken in the Bay of Naples of girls eating pasta over the years and I wanted a fresh composition. This image of the celebrated Alessandra Ambrosio eating vongole on the roof of the famous Grand Hotel Parker’s has a definite sense of place for sure.
It’s always the small things and I like the one glass in this shot – the most notorious volcano in the world and we get to see it twice in one frame.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 56” x 87” in (142.2 cm x 221 cm)
- Framed Image: 71” x 102” in (180.3 cm x 259.1 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 37” x 57” in (93.98 cm x 144.8 cm)
- Framed Image: 52” x 72” in (132.1 cm x 182.9 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
The Italian Job
Procida, Italy – 2025
Archival Pigment Print
In Roman times, the island of Procida, in the Bay of Naples, became a renowned resort for the patrician class of Rome. Over time, however, industry replaced leisure and Procida became a shipbuilding hub and, at one point in the 18th century, over 17,000 shipbuilders were employed on the tiny island. That compares with a total population today of 10,000.
Shipbuilding faded here in the last century, but it does remain a place of boats – small islands without airports tend to be that way. In the making of Antony and Cleopatra, with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, Cleopatra’s barge was filmed against the timeless harbour in the island. It is very difficult to put an age on any building here, which presumably was why the producers were drawn to Procida and neighbouring Ischia.
The long thin multi coloured harbour is one of the most visually captivating sights in southern Italy. It certainly makes for a good backdrop and my leaning was to film at dusk so that we could add some energy from the house lights in town. This strategy always tests camera capability, and indeed the cameraman, and most of the photographs don’t stack up, but I consider it better than playing safe during normal daylight hours. All you really need is one shot.
Alessandra Ambrosio and the Riva work well together, she has an elegance and allure that Elizabeth Taylor would have appreciated.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 54” x 103” in (137.2 cm x 261.6 cm)
- Framed Image: 69” x 118” in (175.3 cm x 299.7 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 37” x 70” in (93.98 cm x 177.8 cm)
- Framed Image: 52” x 85” in (132.1 cm x 215.9 cm)
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your masterpiece. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Asmus Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.