Wow, that My Name is Earl look he had while shooting large format gives me life!

Wow I had no idea he was a photographer until now. I'm excited to hear he's taken an interest into Galveston. I grew up visiting there from time to time and always remembered its charm. Brings back childhood memories, seeing his photos is exactly how I remembered the feeling of being there many years ago.

Like how he makes a point of not being too precious about what camera/film he uses. But using what feels right for the moment

Jason has a very fine eye indeed. When around 8 or 9 I impulsively announced to my father that, Edward's sons, Cole & Brett Weston were photographers, so then I'm his son and I will be as well. Not long after that he gave me one of his 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 Graflex cameras, a lesson on the light meter and an admonition that I could not hand hold one of his 35mm cameras until I'd made 50 images using a tripod. I would wobble around on my bicycle in our hometown, the large and heavy wood and metal "field camera" tripod digging into my bony shoulders and making my 50 images. I was told that I had to pay attention to not just my subject but all four edges of the frame and the entire field of view. No, candy wrappers, coke bottles or other detritus unless it obviously was integral to the overall composition! MAN did I learn some stuff. Jason may say he just puts the tripod down and shoots his first sight, however there is a vast amount of experience influencing his eye and he, like myself and all serious photographers, composes to the very edge of the frame. We all may crop sometimes but always frugally, seldom large crops but once in a while. Rudolf Arnheim's "Visual Thinking" and "Film as Art", along with Eisenstein's "Film Form & Film Sense" have also influenced my seeing and slight obsession with composing right to the very edge of the frame. A shadow, long and daggerlike may be more powerful barely caressing a corner, or divergent planes or lines seeming to skew off to different places on either side of the composition and, crossing that line, seem to ask the viewer, "How far do you think I continue, to infinity or just over there?" Even, hand holding I do this amount of work in making an image, but I still prefer to work from a tripod as much as I am able, or that my subject matter allows me to.

Great actor and skateboarder. His rise as an actor was meteoric and I think his best role was Stillwater's vocalist. Ilford has a couple of cool short films of him talking about how skating greatly influenced his photography. Honestly, when I first saw his work I thought it was pretty devoid of composition and pretty "snapshoddy." But, the more I checked it out, more of it was revealed. That's the essence of great photography. I have a buddy who lives out in California that had a bunch of VHS footage he shot of Jason and Danny Way back around '91. He says he lost the footage. Might have been worth something.

I always liked him so this is cool. Plus I used to skate for years back when I was watching mall rats and others in the jay&bob universe

Following Jason Lee as a pro skater it was always strange to see him as an actor but damn this guy is so talented and cool. 😎

I'm glad you did an episode about him! I discovered his work awhile back but unfortunately forgot about it until now!

Thank you for the video, I find his work most impressive and will be digging deeper into his portfolio of images.

About 3 minutes before you said it, I also was reminded of William Eggleston's work. Thanks so much for sharing this with us!

This is great content and a great concept by analyzing artists that as a secondary creativity outlet use photography.

I so like how you do what you do. I like too what you do. Thank you for doing what you do so well.

I would make another Chipmunk movie to fund my old stock large format habit. We all would. It's called priorities. all seriousness, He is a talent and a true renaissance man. Excellent choice, and wonderfully covered. Thank you for this beautiful content.

I love the smell of expired film in the morning :) I also loved Jason Lee and now I love him even more. I'm from the rural midwest (now in LA) and its nice to see city folk who are as fascinated with the "great expanse" as us rubes are with the concrete jungles. Every single photo featured took me home and it was wonderful. Great video and sentiment :)

I'm loving these series!

Jason Lee is a KILLER photographer! Great video as always!! :)

One of my favourite actors, good to discover he's a talented photographer too

I truly enjoy your work, library science/historiography is a marvelous thing. I am enthralled by the truly artistic endeavors created by personas that represent the antithesis to the work in their vocational undertakings... Bizarre indeed.

Wow!!!!!! That’s where I grew up. At that point in time. I had an “Instamatic” and a “ Polaroid” and just took pictures everywhere. Now with time they are all gone. Thanks for showing me a slice of my life!!!

Yessssss You did it! I really like Jason’s work

Another great review. I really love your music. Thanks

Yes, you are absolutely correct.His photographs at times represent the beauty of the mundane like Egglestone, and at times the landscape behind the landscape, like Robert Adams. Fascinating indeed.

Great works! Thank you for video!

it's good to see that your channel is growing, I'm happy for you!

Very nice video! Glad to find his work.

I've been waiting for this since the skate series you did. Thank T..... just great work, as always.

This is wonderful. Thank you!

Inspiring images and another great video!

I didn't know the actor or the photographer until now. Once again a video to marvel at and learn about a different view of this world... Thank you again for your inspiring work.

As always, interesting and suggestive. Impossible not to check more about Jason Lee work after watching this video. Congrats!

i dont konw if someone mentioned it before but there's a mini docu made by Parker Hill (also a great young photographer) following Jason Lee while he shoots. It's called Sanderson to Bracketville, for anyone interested. Really worth the watch. Love this series btw, keep em comming.

I took a picture of the exact same Ford in Amarillo, TX lol! Loved the video 🙌🏽

Another wonderful episode about one of my favorite actors. If anyone hasn't seen one of his books, please seek one out, they are stunning.

This is such a well executed video. The editing and script are flawless, and the subject so interesting. Love it!

That train picture is something else wow

Love your channel girl! I've been discovering so much about photography and other photographers I'd never have known if it wasn't for this channel! Thank you!

wonderful video to watch on a lunch break, thank you :) This has also reminded me I only got half way through watching Mallrats...need to finish it!

I completely forgot he did photography. Very cool. This is a pretty great series.

Loved this!

So good, thanks!

Delightful and insightful, always.

that's a fantastically evocative image @ 7:10

Oh wow this was pretty cool, i always put this series in my watch later but never get time to watch anything. Im hooked now

Awesome video! I really gravitate towards his style and the subject matter he shoots! As someone who went to Galveston Island specifically to take pictures for my channel, I can't wait to see that body of work from him!

Awwwwe sheeeeeeit!!!! Another good one!

It's so interesting that he comes from the crazy busy world of California, but a lot of his work is about places in America that are almost forgotten. There's something about old gas station and tin roof sheds that is always good in pictures.

Very interesting didn't even know this guy was a photographer. I might say you have one of the best photography channel out here. Thanks for the great content.

first time in your channel, had to save this to favourites. thanks for the great content!

"I'm incendiary, too, man!"

I admit... I had no idea he was also a photographer. I love him as an actor, but his photography is insanely good as well!!! My mind is blown.

Love these episodes!

A cool quote from a "Faithless" Song - "You don't need eyes to see, you need vision" - Seems to suit this video :)

One of favorites 🤙🏼

Wonderfull...yeeaaa..mr. Lee...i recomend his work on Stero Sound Video for Setero Skateboards...a video that really touchme in the 90s...and yes...i really understand this words too...concept...momentum...thanks for the inspiration, good to watchyou again...Peace!

Lovely work again had no idea.....but always difficult for an Actor to be taken seriously as a Photographer....by the Mass !

Very good!

Good video😊👍. Very interesting

What can't jason lee do... wow!

yeah ive been dying for this one, i didnt even know he was into photography. i just know the dude from skating, mallrats and chasing amy

Aw man. Another one I didn't know about. I loved My Name is Earl, and I loved Jason Lee in it. Comparing his images to Eggleston is interesting. I'd always thought of Eggleston as colour. Utilising the banal, but still primarily about colour. Steven Shore came to mind for me when looking at the images you presented. But of course when Shore was shooting the banal it was still pretty new, different, refreshing. Without knowing anything about Lee's photography, and giving my arrogance license, he smacks of a flaneur. And there's much to commend in that.

This is amazing! In the mood to watch vanilla sky now (which he’s in). If you haven’t already you should check out Jeff Garlin who does wonderful shots on the sets of the tv and movies that he works on 😊

Influenced by the great Henry Wessel, love them both!

Should have shown some of his Tulsa photos! I didn't know he did photography, super cool. Lots of those photos looked like areas that surround Tulsa, dope to know he was photographing some of Oklahoma!

great job

Very good video! Subscribed!

so good

Impressive pictures. I'm pleasantly surprised. Quite a few celebs who fancy themselves as photographers produce work which is immature. Jason Lee seems to be the real deal.

Would love to see an episode about Gary Oldman. There was a short documentary about him shooting some really large wet plate or tin types(I can't remember which one) images, would love to know about his background about his photography career.

Like - immediately from first few seconds- a sort of a credit for great content!

I like his work and theme, American nostalgia landscape...wasn't familiar with his work before, thanks! FYI a Speed Graphic (although it has a front tilt and rise) is a press camera not a view camera (front and rear tilt, rise and swing)..I know you meant it has a ground glass for "viewing" :) Good job on the video (as always). 👍 ✌+🧡

Short but sweet.

Very cool! I live in Texas and am very familiar with the landscape. I think I even have a photo of that same drive in. Galveston is interesting because it was wiped out by a hurricane not that long ago.

Dope!

Really enjoyed this. Subscribed. And dusting off my Bronica.

JASON LEE IS A LEGEND

I got his Gold Rush book after I got into large format this spring. Good job as usual. What about an episode with Yul Brynner?

Wow I just watched My Name Is Earl and had no clue about his photography!

this is a crossover I never saw coming

Un video muy agradable!

Amazing video T! Love Jason´s photos, would he be considered underrated?

Stereo for life.

Well done again, Lady Hopper! May I ask for a video about that beautiful piece of camera on that shelf in the background?

The Greenhornes fits to this Video :-)

Another great video, I'm enjoying this series. Please can you tell me that piece of music, it's great but my phone cannot identify it. Thanks for all your hard work!!!

That Redland theater shot is about 15 minutes from where I went to university. Too bad I never caught him when he was living in Texas.

Dennis Hopper, Andy Summers, Lenard Nimoy, Kenny Rogers too!

It makes me so happy "Earl" is a photog lol

Aaaand peace!:)

I’d never heard of this particular photographer before so thank you for the introduction :)

a little bit of Josef Hoflehner! Wich I herby request for a new video :)

As a skater and a film photographer I've always tried to be behind Jason, the scientology thing is just too hard for me to get around though.

Alvin!!!!!! what have you done with my large format cameras!!

Please Don’t Forget To Make An Episode About Vivian Maier ..

Because of his tv show, 'My Name is Earl', I didn't think he could be a photographer. I was so wrong. I 'll never work a with a 4x5 camera again, like I did for college. They're too cumbersome, it takes about 15 to 20 minutes setting up the camera. Unlike the 35mm which is quick, fast and done.

Quick question, since you have studied the photography of Jason Lee, Dennis Hopper and Leonard Nimoy. As talented as they were or are, do you think their celebrity made people notice their work? Or was it their images? Just wondered.

If you ever get the chance look up Ed Templeton photography as well.

Wait Jason Lee is a photographer???? I didn't know! I only knew him from Alvin and The Chipmunks. xD

dude!! 7:07

u ruIe, Jason's photos - pain to meh.

Andreas Feininger writes that he knows a world famous photographer with only one camera (I guess it is Cartier-Bresson, as he only had the screw-mount Leica. He was gifted an M3 by Leica, which he sold to another photographer) and an amateur with gesr worth thousands of dollars that never shot any good photos.