Joe Brook: Skateboarding Is Our Religion

Joe Brook: Skateboarding Is Our Religion - An ILFORD Inspires film

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5 жыл бұрын

Joe Brook's film ‘SKATEBOARDING IS OUR RELIGION’ is a pilgrimage to the epicentre of skateboarding, San Francisco, in Joe's iconic van ‘Big Blue’. In this rare look behind the scenes we watch Joe capture skateboarders using various photographic techniques for his work at Thrasher Magazine.
WARNING: The following film features skateboarding tricks performed by professionals. HARMAN technology and the producers insist that no one attempt to recreate or re-enact any of the activity in this film.
Filmed and Edited by Exploredinary (Sarah Reyes and Daniel Driensky)
With additional GX1000 footage by Ryan Garshell
Original Music by New Fumes
Joe's Subjects: Ben Gore, Corey Duffel, Max Schaaf, Ryan Garshell, Brian DeLaTorre, Yonnie Cruz, Al Davis and Andrew Torralvo
End Credits photos on ILFORD HP5 Plus film by Daniel Driensky
Special Thanks to Joe Brook, Ben Gore, Corey Duffel, Max Schaaf, GX1000 and Michael Bain
Joe's film processed by Blue Moon Camera and Machine

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@mattdayphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Again, absolutely incredible. Joe has been a longtime hero of mine in photography and skateboarding. Thank you guys for this.

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Matt! We were honored to meet and hang with Joe in San Francisco, such a blast!

@Tachikoma39 5 жыл бұрын

all we need now is french fred and I'm made up!!

@mattdayphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Tachikoma39 That would be so huge! Another master lensman in skateboarding. 🙌🏻

@mathewmccarthy429 5 жыл бұрын

Hope you're healing well Brother!!!!

@mattdayphoto 5 жыл бұрын

@@mathewmccarthy429 Thanks man! Still recovering but feeling much better with no more nerve pain!

@RohamBroccoli 5 жыл бұрын

Ilford, you making me believe again🙏

@lorenzbouvier6467 4 жыл бұрын

This is probably the 10th time I watch this short movie and I am amazed by what they do and how they merged together such a beautiful story. Great to see how the characters live their dream and I'd love to be on the road with Joe Brook for one day. Such an inspirational content going on here!!

@Exploredinary 4 жыл бұрын

Lorenz Bouvier thank you for watching - we are happy to hear you liked it so much. Joe is one of the kindest people we have ever worked with, and we loved telling his story. Cheers from Texas! - Exploredinary (the filmmakers)

@BertoBoyd Жыл бұрын

Love this!! Joe is sin duda an extraordinary human w perhaps the coolest job on the planet. Shit maybe I should hhu for an internship to be a fly on his wall. Stoked to know Joe and hey great job making this doc! GX1000 mention is the perfect example of the modern day gladiator. Total fucking godhead matrix Neo shit these dudes are on 😂😂💪🏼🔥🔥🛹🛹❤️

@mathewmccarthy429 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect. If this video doesn't inspire one to get from behind the computer and out into the world with a camera to shoot than I don't what will. Thanks for another amazing clip!

@mathewmccarthy429 5 жыл бұрын

Shot a car show today; lots of GTO's and Vets. HP5+ and Ektachrome (latest version). Lookin' for Vegas's skateboard scene after watching these last two vids.

@mathewmccarthy429 5 жыл бұрын

...And have watched Matt Day's vids for a number of years..... Hope you're healing well brother!

@billleontaritis7638 5 жыл бұрын

These pictures go way beyond the usual skate pics. I love this stuff. Incredible work. Long live film.

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Bill. We agree Joe's pictures are amazing.

@MSfilms100 5 жыл бұрын

That 4x5 picture of his van in front of the American flag mural is absolutely incredible. Makes me want to learn large format.

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

Joe has a fantastic eye for these compositions! Right before that shot was taken we actually had to go and tap on a lady's window that was sitting in her car clipping coupons and blocking the left side of the mural. Had to get that perfect shot.

@fingerluck 5 жыл бұрын

Keep this series alive and going.... We want more yESSSS!!! JOE JOE JOE!

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

There is still one more to come with Jason Lee next week. And we also have some great behind the scenes shots, taken by @Exploredinary that we'll be sharing on Instagram too :)

@ShawnBrezny 5 жыл бұрын

Makes me want to get a van, grab my board and film, and do some road trips... time is short.

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Just what we were hoping for. Great to hear it inspired you

@inkpinz 4 жыл бұрын

It is indeed extremely limited.

@jayadams2801 3 жыл бұрын

too late. world's a mess now

@raquelmunoz2319 3 жыл бұрын

No words to describe this amazing documentary! Please make another documentary with these guys! Photography and skateboarding, the best combination eveeeer!

@777millertime777 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ilford for this series!! These videos are incredibly inspirational!

@mckeyb907 5 жыл бұрын

Had the pleasure of meeting Joe at Atlas Skate shop in San Mateo. Rad rad rad human being.

@The35mmman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Joe is such a great dude and his work is incredible. I am going to go load some b/w film in a camera. Thanks Joe!

@Ilfordphoto 2 жыл бұрын

That's what we like to hear! Have you watched the other 2 videos in the series too?

@The35mmman 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ilfordphoto I sure did. They are all really inspiring! I will keep making my way through your catalog. Thank you!

@JORGEGONZALEZ-jm8vy 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome.....Grew up in San jo....went to Independence H S....and had a Jason lee ...deck...and yes,in a photografo...painter....early 90s.....🎩🤟🏽

@Ilfordphoto 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like this series was made for you!

@bareingredients 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic film to introduce us to Joe Brooks, well to me, as a non skateboarder, and his raisin d’état. Love to see him shooting both medium format and 35mm film while doing his thing.

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed it. It was important for us that the films connected to everybody not just skateboarders and I think we were really lucky to work with Exploredinary, Ray Joe and Jason on these.

@vijeeshm7317 5 жыл бұрын

Nice episode .... Thank you ILFORD ............ He had million worthy cameras ....Life is short so do what you like ...Great

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. That was definitely a bit of #cameraporn going on there!

@deadredeyes 2 жыл бұрын

Joe's a legend. Thanks for this!

@Ilfordphoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching he's awesome isn't he?

@desmtb 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely excellent. I'm not a skateboarder but the passion of these people is inspiring. Beautifully filmed. Huge respect to all involved in this.

@branstonobrian6996 5 жыл бұрын

Great guy, great photos - thanks for this!

@hogg1media627 Жыл бұрын

im new to shooting video/film and photos. after watching tons of videos to gain knowledge i learned that my style is CANDID. i love capturing Life how it is. i dont care to pose anyone, i just want to shoot how it is. this was raw and enjoyable to watch! i love documentary films.

@Ilfordphoto Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that you're enjoying shooting film and that you've found your niche already!

@teleandtwin65 5 жыл бұрын

Great piece. Please do more of these.

@adamm4926 5 жыл бұрын

So good. Thanks to all involved.

@mauriciofratea2912 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing Episode. Good to see Ilford connecting with skateboarding. Times has def changed.

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.There is such an amazingly diverse range of film photographers our there, from all aspects of life. Through the ILFORD inspires series of films, we really hope to connect with as many people as we can.

@Sketchyskate 5 жыл бұрын

@@Ilfordphoto just the same mauricio said. So good to see this creative connections with skating as an art form just like life. As a lover of both got me so inspired. one day ill look back at my first roll of ilford and feel those moments in my soul again.

@crlclssic 5 жыл бұрын

This is epic, what a great video and a great dude! Really inspiring

@thetrailtog 5 жыл бұрын

Another killer installment of this series! Keep it up Ilford!!!

@jerrybrodrick 5 жыл бұрын

Quality, loved this; great photographer. Keep it up Ilford :)

@jerekbarcelona4697 5 жыл бұрын

So cherry, thanks ILFORD for the awesome series.

@jeg569 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing and inspirational video, thank you.

@therealpoka 5 жыл бұрын

I love this. As a photographer and skateboarder...this is amazing.

@mikecorbut703 5 жыл бұрын

Watched this several times already and I’m sure a few more ! Well done on this series! Ray,Joe and Jason much love to you guys. And thank you ilford for doing this!! I hope these are the first of many!! Congrats on these ,sincerely .. thank you

@CertainExposures 5 жыл бұрын

This was fire. You can see his passion. He's also got great taste in gear.

@shredsville7409 5 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done. Inspired.

@justinlansdale 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful and inspiring series. I revisit these three episodes frequently since they came out and they truly inspire me every time i watch. Thank you for this gift. 🙏🏼

@Exploredinary 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, it makes us happy to hear that! We LOVED making this series

@CamMead 5 жыл бұрын

Another incredible episode to the Ilford series, so raw, inspiring, & sentimental.

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

OnCam31 thanks for watching the series! Happy to hear you were inspired!

@davidcolbeth7062 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this wonderful video. I’ve been shooting film for over fifty years and love the whole creative process. Please keep making videos like this . This young lady was just wonderful.

@kribomon 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video and great inspiration, love these.

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

bennybaha thanks for watching! Happy you enjoyed the series 😊

@CARBDOPING 5 жыл бұрын

This was so great to stumble upon! Great work!

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shawn, glad you enjoyed it. Make sure you check out the others in the series too. With Ray Barbee and Jason Lee.

@johnkraemer5505 5 жыл бұрын

I love Joe's work and the passion he has! Awesome video!

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

His passion for what he does really comes across doesn't it. You can tell that he loves what he does.

@shred_LA 5 жыл бұрын

Always been inspired by your work, thank you for all that you bring with you. Amazing Joe!

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

He is a really inspiring and talented Guy.

@itmaybethinkingtime6114 5 жыл бұрын

Seeing that Nikon F100 makes me wanna pick mine up and go out shooting right now! God it's such a great camera! Pushing HP5 to 1600iso is a treat, I know what I'm going to be doing now. What a great photographer this guy is

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

If watching this has inspired you to go out and shoot, then it's done what it was supposed to. Don't forget to share your results with us on social

@johnmarsland3442 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome film! great to see Ilford doing this!

@Larpy1933 5 жыл бұрын

The skateboarders & Joe are absolutely superb. The video crew here is doing phenomenal work. Thanks.

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

Larry Manuel thank you! Happy you enjoyed it! One of our most challenging shoots we’ve ever done to know where to be to capture the action ✅ - Exploredinary (Sarah Reyes and Daniel Driensky)

@rickhauser9698 5 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely fantastic

@IainHC1 5 жыл бұрын

Flippin loved this!! Thank you for the best 15:23 minutes of my week :-)

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Wow - high praise indeed. It was such a please to work with Joe on this video.He is a very inspiring an talented man

@ryan2stix 5 жыл бұрын

Great shooting, great footage, great editing.

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

ryan2stix thanks so much! Happy you enjoyed the film

@morizenfoche 6 ай бұрын

Yeah Joe. Just stumbled on this. I remember bouncing over to ILFORD film shooting that super fine grain stuff [forgot the name] and paper in the Thrasher darkroom. LONG AGO.

@jasonblake5576 5 жыл бұрын

.......and massive kudos to Ilford!!

@ndunlimited 5 жыл бұрын

Loving these Ilford videos

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

GIFTED UNLIMITED thanks for watching the series!!

@GavStrange 2 жыл бұрын

Love this series!

@JakeBorchenko 5 жыл бұрын

Ahhh so good! Thanks for this.

@geonik7 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic documentary. Well done Ilford and filmmakers!

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

George Nikolaidis thank you George! Happy you enjoyed it! - Exploredinary (Sarah Reyes and Daniel Driensky)

@grantbrittain1161 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your dedication and skill Joe!

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

Grant Brittain thanks for watching Grant, means a lot to us!! ❤️

@Loopsrainforest 5 жыл бұрын

I need more of this!

@Keithphotorama 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and it’s great to see someone still using film.

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

Keith Mitchell thanks for watching! Glad you liked it! Check out the Ray Barbee and Jason Lee videos in this series too :)

@Patsesson 5 жыл бұрын

Keep this awesome series coming!

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

Patsesson thanks for watching! More (non-skateboarding) ILFORD Inspires videos coming soon!

@TheChuckism1 5 жыл бұрын

Yup, an absolutely exquisite video that I've watched several times and shared to many that share the passion for great photography, skating or both. Beautiful music for this video and the other videos that make up this series. Thank you so much.

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

TheChuckism1 thank you for watching the series! We used mostly Texas artists that we knew, except for Jason’s film which has skater Raymond Molinar from LA playing the score, and the ending track is played by Jason himself along with Texas artist Eric Pulido from Midlake.

@TheChuckism1 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply with the soundtrack info. Outstanding.

@wearetheunknown8162 5 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, so inspirational on so many levels. Thank you. Attack life.

@lukaklips7522 Жыл бұрын

this is great thank you

@antoinedbf4307 5 жыл бұрын

Love this !

@goranpavletic2145 5 жыл бұрын

Great production!Keep going!

@Exploredinary 5 жыл бұрын

Goran Pavletic thanks for watching! Glad you liked it and we appreciate the compliment!

@ep6728 5 жыл бұрын

This series is so damn good. Dvd release please??

@carlgoetzinger6876 5 жыл бұрын

These are amazing. I cannot wait for the Jason Lee video.

@analog_process3156 5 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to come home and watch this episode! 😀

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Let us know what you think Angelo

@analog_process3156 5 жыл бұрын

@@Ilfordphoto wow Ilford this is brilliant. I am loving this series. I hope you dont end this, I want to watch more photographers and more works. I love street photography and even though this is not, it has this street art feeling which I am loving and both photographers, so far, were sublime. This is the way to connect to people, not just as costumers, but as people. To make this awesome videos, with great photographers and to read and answer to our comments. That makes a real connection. Thank you for this Ilford.

@davidmb2587 5 жыл бұрын

Xpan + F100! Good taste!

@davidmb2587 5 жыл бұрын

And a 4x5 and a Pen F. Crazy gear.

@vividvulpe9842 5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff

@Sketchyskate 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you guys. thank you skateboarding

@WayneKnight_Rider 5 жыл бұрын

photography and skateboarding. they have much more in common than one might expect.

@barryfelton1656 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and inspiring me to get the Toyo 45AX out and start shooting more!

@Ilfordphoto 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear. :)

@peterlukac8458 5 жыл бұрын

Now this is some very inspirational work! I have to learn from this man's work.

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Peter. Do you shoot much film yourself?

@peterlukac8458 5 жыл бұрын

@@Ilfordphoto I do and I really enjoy it. It force you to use different approach than when shooting digital, what I really like, and I want also to use it more when shooting digital. Everything slows, you think about every shot, as every shot cost you money and film, so you want to get the best from it, what you can. You think more about the shot itself, than about your camera, as you don't have much settings to change and only few frames, so you shouldn't shoot the same image 10 times and hope that one of them would be okay, but you have to really think about it. And, of course, there is something about old cameras with only few settings, all metal mechanical buttons and no (or minimal) electronics, and about the look of image, which can look like it was taken 40,or possibly also 80 years ago.

@alexisalvarado8949 2 ай бұрын

Respect to Joe from Mexico City!! Great shots

@noah-jazz 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe

@kevinh.2047 5 жыл бұрын

Well done!

@zguy95135 5 жыл бұрын

Epic!

@lxrzd 5 жыл бұрын

Whatever this series you guys are doing with all these skaters is incredible. It makes me so happy more creative outlets and society in general is accepting skateboarding. So so sooooo sick to see these!

@Ilfordphoto 5 жыл бұрын

Great to hear that you enjoyed this series Alex it was such fun to be involved with. Make sure you also check our some of the older ILFORD Inspires videos too!

@jasonblake5576 5 жыл бұрын

What a cool guy!! Inspirational!!

@hikingwithmarty 3 жыл бұрын

another mind blowing video of ilford, great editing, such amazing vibe and flow love it! and the van, camera, photographs, all of it is a huge source inspiration, can't wait to pick up my camera (Praktica, ain't got the bucks for better) again!

@Ilfordphoto 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with a Practika, I'm sure most of us have film camera wish lists but in reality we would with what we have. Do you have a favourite ILFORD film?

@hikingwithmarty 3 жыл бұрын

@@IlfordphotoMostly I used HP5 plus but my favorite is the Delta 3200. Do enjoy to shoot on dark cloudy days, or at night, in low light situations and the grain is not too bad yet existing in way that it rather adds a nice touch to the final image. Love it!

@AugustDoP 5 жыл бұрын

Love this.

@velvethoot4507 Жыл бұрын

Bloody brilliant

@Ilfordphoto Жыл бұрын

Thanks - Glad you enjoyed it, have you watched the other 2 videos in the series?

@takenotesadv 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@clipperfire2735 5 жыл бұрын

THANKS.

@itwasthelight 3 жыл бұрын

Best dude in skateboarding.

@batatakustomtattoo7084 5 жыл бұрын

Boss! Thanks inspiration.... s2

@mcflysfireworks Жыл бұрын

just beautiful

@dogga6313 5 жыл бұрын

the sickest!!

@konradmroczek2496 5 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@rogeriopeccioli1616 5 жыл бұрын

Excelente!!

@d72TV 5 жыл бұрын

zajebisty klimat , piękne kadry

@suskipatineta 5 жыл бұрын

LEGEND

@boydolthoff82 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! I´m not a skater but I always love seeing good skateboard photography, really inspiring! Does he have a book or anything where one can see more of his work? His website unfortunately does not have a lot of pictures....