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On Vertigo & being Superhuman with Sir Ranulph & Ben

Following the success of the Namibia trip with Land Rover Discovery, we spent a few weeks shooting portraits of Land Rover Ambassadors and aerial footage for Land Rover 70th stories around the UK.  Here are just a few…

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Land Rover 70th

One of the world’s greatest modern day explorers, Sir Ranulph Fiennes was inspirational and full of great stories of his exploits over the years. We were chatting over his kitchen table, when he showed me an old roll film canister…interesting piece of memorabilia, made even more interesting when he removed the lid & tipped out what looked like blackened peas… they were in fact his frost-bitten ‘mummified’ fingertips which had caused him so much pain, that when he returned to the UK from an expedition he cut them off with a micro-blade….

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Land Rover Ambassador

Polar explorer Ben Saunders was a top chap – we met at the crack of dawn in Richmond Park – an unexpected ‘training ground’ for a polar explorer…

Ben Saunders Polar Explorer

Ben Saunders Polar Explorer

As always – thanks to the team for the banter along the way – Chris, Nick, Justin, Lewis & co…looking forward to working with you all again 🙂

The Posse

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To see more – take a look at the films produced by Spark 44 London for Land Rover…

‘How did one of the world’s greatest explorers rise above vertigo on Everest? Watch Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ story of triumph in adversity and the role Land Rover has played in his many expeditions’ on Land Rover YouTube

‘What’s the secret to thriving in the world’s most inhospitable places? Polar Explorer and Land Rover Ambassador Ben Saunders reveals the secrets to living a life on the edge and how we all have it in us to do the extraordinary’ on Land Rover YouTube…

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