The Road to Amalfi (Colour)
Atrani, Italy – 2024
“A corollary of life on the road, is to build up a mental collection of favourite journeys. Most roads only offer a perfunctory way of getting from A to B, but then there are the gems where the journey itself becomes the main event. My home country, Scotland, has the A82 through Glencoe; America has the stretch through Monument Valley, Highway One and many more; Iceland has its entire ring road and then there is the Amalfi coastal road in southern Italy.
It is almost incumbent on any movie director filming in the area, to emphatically locate the destination by celebrating the road. That is instructive as it suggests that to ignore the means of travel is to forget a prop.
The road is terrifying and breathtaking as one: hugging the cliffs on one side and offering vistas of the Tyrrhenian Sea on the other. John Steinbeck wrote of the terror of winding through the Amalfi Coast on a road that “corkscrewed on the edge of nothing”, clutched in his wife’s arms who was “weeping hysterically”. Every hairpin bend is a prelude to a new visual feast, and none more so than the bend heading west before Atrani. I knew, at some stage, this bend would find itself in front of my camera.
My leaning was to style a 1970s period shoot with a model capable of capturing the effortless grace and sexuality of Italian models of the time. She had to own the scene without impairing the visual feast behind her. American Supermodel, Brooks Nader, works with us regularly and knew exactly what I wanted from her. It all had to come together in the few moments when the police kindly closed the road; this was not a set for deliberating.”
-David Yarrow
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE: Edition of 12, 3 AP, 1 EP
- Image Size: 56" x 76" in (132.08 cm × 236.22 cm)
- Framed Image: 71" x 91" in (180.34 cm × 231.14 cm)
STANDARD: Edition of 12, 3 AP, 1 EP
- Image Size: 37" x 50" in (93.98 cm × 127 cm)
- Framed Image: 52" x 65" in (132.08 cm × 165.1 cm)
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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.
The Italian Job (Colour)
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.
Summer Holiday (Colour)
Summer Holiday
Archival Pigment Print
The Grand Hotel Parker’s in Napoli is the city’s oldest luxury hotel dating back to 1870. Its original owner succumbed to gambling issues and, in 1890, it was bought by a regular guest – a British marine biologist called George Parker. Presumably he rather liked the view of the ocean.
Certainly, as hotel views go, Parker’s takes some beating from its balcony floor. There is a perfect outlook to the city, Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples and then, as one’s head turns clockwise to 2 pm, there, in all its splendour, amidst the azure sea, is the fabled island of Capri. We have all seen many contextual photographs of this storied summer paradise, but I had not seen one taken from the mainland at this elevation. I spotted an opportunity.
Alessandra Ambrosio is one of the leading supermodels of her generation and she took to this role at Parker’s with the playful ease that is her hallmark. I thought it would be fun to have her eat pasta. Afterall, we were where we were.
The chefs at Parker’s are lauded and they can make 5-star spaghetti alle vongole blindfold and drunk. That prop was never going to be a challenge. I just needed to find some compositional balance in the frame and a sunbed to complement Capri away in the distance.
This region of Italy is a very special part of the world. The topography, the islands, the sea, the food, the people and the culture combine to offer the perfect holiday. To not find it totally intoxicating suggests a lack of some sort of sensibility, either that, or an allergy to pasta and boats. It is the perfect summer holiday.
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 56” x 82” in (142.2 cm x 208.3 cm)
- Framed Image: 71” x 97” in (180.3 cm x 246.4 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 37” x 54” in (93.98 cm x 137.2 cm)
- Framed Image: 52” x 69” in (132.1 cm x 175.3 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.