Just days before this shoot, Delly suffered a severe stroke and lost ninety percent of his upper-body mobility. Doctors told him he might never hold a camera again, forcing him to confront the possibility that his career was over.
The documentary was forced to evolve, now centring on Delly’s relentless rehabilitation. Against the odds, he recovered enough to get back behind the camera and capture the campaign’s defining image, turning the film into both a showcase for the D850 and an intimate story of his recovery.
What began as a film about a camera became a story about the instinct to create, even when everything seems to stand in the way. Delly’s journey transforms the D850 from a piece of technology into a symbol of possibility — proving that sometimes the most powerful image is the one you fight hardest to make.
- DirectorMark Bone
- DPMathias Schoeningh
- EditorMichael Barker
- Executive ProducerMichael Duttenhofer
- Line ProducerJaqueline Kaassa
- ProducerAnnabelle Aronis
- Production ManagerKostas Raftopoulos
- Art DirectorVaggelis Kirozis
- Production CoordinatorCassandra Christakopoulou
- 1st ADSpiridula Bageorgou
- ColorArri Media Germany
- Agency ProducerMatthias van de Sand
- Client Service DirectorCarey Pearson
- Creative DirectorMichael Pearson, Sarah Leith Izzard
- Production CompanyTPF
- Creative AgencyJVM
- ClientNikon Global
- Focus PullerOliver Moron
- FencersAlexandros Poliakov, Iason Kontochristos
- AwardsCiclope International Festival of craft - FinalistBest Cinematography at the 2018 Ciclope International Advertising Awards - Nomination
