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Where Bridges End

A road trip in the desert with Neeskens ~ November, 2014

By Jérémie Fontana

On the road

In November, 2014, I left with 6 friends for a 3-day & 2500 km road trip, crossing France to the Basque Coast and then to the Bardenas desert in Spain. We went on this journey to film a music video for Neeskens, a fantastic songwriter and a great friend.

Our crew:
• Neeskens / Songwriter
• Alban Nieroz / Co-Director
• Romain Descomble / Co-Director
• Anis Bahmed / Musician & Extra
• Pierre-Benoît Rey / Executive Producer & Extra
• Raphaël Susitna / Set Photographer & Extra
• Jérémie Fontana / Set Photographer & Extra

And this is our visual story…

Neeskens is ready to go

Our ride

Neeskens & Anis

Where Bridges End

Neeskens practicing on the road

Raphaël

Anis and his little friend

Neeskens & Raphaël

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And finally, the ocean...

Day 1

Arriving on the Basque Coast, we started filming at sunset on a cliff over the ocean…

Neeskens

Alban filming Neeskens

Romain & Alban filming Neeskens

Neeskens, Romain & Alban watching the rushes

Alban & Neeskens

Alban & Neeskens

Neeskens

The improvised concert

In the evening, we went in Sain-Jean-de-Luz, a lovely little Basque town. We had a nice dinner in a tiny restaurant, and then, Neeskens & Anis took their guitars and let the magic happen…

Raphaël & Neeskens

Neeskens

Pierre-Benoît filming Neeskens

Neeskens

Anis & Pierre-Benoît

Alban filming Anis

A private concert for the clients of this restaurant

Anis doing the drums on his guitar

Raphaël shooting Neeskens with his old Polaroid

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Lots of souvenirs...

Day 2

In the early morning, we shot some images at sunrise…

Neeskens

Romain filming Neeskens

Alban

Romain & his steadycam

Raphaël shooting Neeskens

Raphaël

Anis

The ocean

Walking on the beach. Touching the water. Enjoying the beautiful view…

Raphaël, Pierre-Benoît, Neeskens & Romain

Neesken, Alban, Romain & Raphaël

Raphaël, Anis & Neeskens

Alban, Romain & Pierre-Benoît

Neeskens

Anis

Raphaël

Raphaël

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Neeskens driving

Back on the road

Direction: Spain. Next bound: the desert!

Neeskens driving

Neeskens driving

Romain filming on the road

Raphaël

Anis

Anis

Pierre-Benoît

Romain & Neeskens

Neeskens

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The desert

The desert

Arrived in the Bardenas desert, we set up our basecamp and enjoyed the view…

Neeskens driving

The desert

Our basecamp

Finally arrived in the desert

Pierre-Benoît & Raphaël

Alban & Romain fixing the drone

Neeskens

Anis

Anis

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Neeskens climbing the mountain with his guitar

The top of the mountain

Climbing the highest mountain of the desert to enjoy the view and capture some beautiful images. We were the Kings of the World!…

Anis

Neeskens

Neeskens

Neeskens

Neeskens

Neeskens

Alban & Romain filming Neeskens

Alban filming Neeskens

Neeskens

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Pierre-Benoît & Anis at sunset

The campfire

After this long day we all sat around the fire, listening to Neeskens & Anis…

Campfire songs by Anis & Neeskens

Anis

Neeskens

Alban filming the campfire songs

Raphaël

Neeskens

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Neeskens

Day 3

Last day. Beautiful sun. Cold wind. Warm coffee…

Neeskens & Raphaël

Raphaël

Neeskens' guitar

Neeskens

Raphaël

Neeskens in the desert

Raphaël & Alban filming

Raphaël & Pierre-Benoît

Neeskens & Anis

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Neeskens

The Final set

Shooting some extra images before leaving the desert…

Neeskens

Alban filming Neeskens

Romain filming Neeskens

Neeskens & Anis

Neeskens & Anis

Alban & Romain watching rushes

Alban & Romain filming

Romain, Alban & Raphaël watching rushes

The video

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The making of the video

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The end

This journey was an extraordinary adventure…
I’m eager to leave for the next one!

Many thanks to Neeskens, Alban, Romain, Anis, Pierre-Benoît & Raphaël for all these great moments…

To discover more about Neeskens, you can visit his website, you can also listen to his first EP, and you can like him on Facebook or follow him on Twitter.

You can also check Alban Nieroz’ website and Romain Descomble’s videos.

The desert

Footnotes

Jérémie Fontana 2014 • © All rights reserved • Pics shot in black & white with a Nikon D7100 & a 50mm f1.4 lens

FootNotes

Jérémie Fontana 2014 • © All rights reserved • Pics shot in black & white with a Nikon D7100 & a 50mm f1.4 lens

© 2026 Jérémie Fontana

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