Millet Trilogy Clothing Line
Millet wanted to launch a new clothing line called the ‘Trilogy’ series. The series was based on taking the clothing to some of the Alps’s hardest routes and faces- we were to shoot them over the course of three years on bigger and bigger objectives. The idea was to create a Trilogy story behind the clothing line that would be promoted yearly by doing a new hard ascent that would be accompanied by video and photos to the media.
To date we have done two of the three climbs.
The first was a benchmark classic of the European Alps- Beyond Good and Evil. The story of the first ascent of this route is well known amongst alpinists, and a repeat of this route is still a rarity. I headed up the day before to climb the route and see if it was in ‘condition’. The following day we went back up and shot hard, steep, mixed climbing. The resulting images have formed a hugely successful worldwide campaign, and the resulting film has won awards worldwide.
Seb and Marion gear up
First ascentionist Andy Parkin draws the route at the base
Cameraman, Bertrand, takes a hit
One of the cruxes of the route
Seb and Marion high up on the 40m diedre
Seb gets stuck in to the crux corner pitch
Seb gets stuck in to the crux corner pitch
The second stage in the Trilogy project was to shoot on the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses, a place that is the reserve of top alpinists only. We set out as a small team with the idea to climb a new variation line on the 1200m high face- to be able to climb a new variation is incredibly rare, but to shoot it as a photoshoot is unheard of. After a long day out we came back with the next 2015 winter campaign in the bag, capturing images and video that have never been captured before for a commercial photoshoot.
Seb and Julien walk in to the Leschaux hut
Seb eyes up the line
Diner time at the hut with the Jorasses in the background
Julien on the lower slopes
Seb eyes up a gear placement
Hitting the sun at the top of the route
Julien on the final pitch
Korra on the summit of the Jorasses after his tenth route on the face
At the Canzio bivouac hut
Leaving home for town