OSSAU TEMPO - French Pyrenees series
Rolleiflex​ T f3,5 75mm Tessar - Kodak Tri-x 400 - Red filter - Ilford Ilfosol 3
HD film scan 5799x5799 px

May 2021.
You don’t have to cross the globe to experience an adventure.
Sometimes you just have to leave your home.
So imagine when we drive four hours to find ourselves in the heart of the Pyrenean mountains ...
In a time of global respiratory problems, it was necessary to go and breathe the fresh mountain air.
After several lockdowns and its share of restrictions, walking through the door of your home instantly transforms us into a John Muir treading the Sierra Nevada and, like a Jack London, I was about to immortalize on film my trek, or «my walk», in the snow-capped heights of this rocky line about 70 million years old.
15kg on my back, my Rolleiflex slung over the shoulder creating an uncomfortable imbalance. A tent and the survival kit in order to be independent. Two trekking poles and 7 films should I hope to bring me satisfaction, ecstasy, serenity and happiness in pain.
Like a retired monk, I leave to fade into nature, empty my mind and get closer to the essential. The organic self being one with the elements.
Well, without wanting to spoil the story. If you hope to clear your mind when you go on a photo hike, forget it. I thought of framing a 25 km walk in two days and one night. And the next night, then the next day ...

All the photos in this series were taken with a Rolleiflex T f3.5 75mm Tessar and UV, red and infrared filters.
Films (Kodak Tri-x 400, Bergger Pancro 400, Fomapan 400, Rollei Infrared 400) were developed at ilford Ilfosol 3
and scanned with an Epson V750 pro, in my shelter.