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

[@mattdayphoto]

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

[@Exploredinary]

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

[@Tachikoma39]

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

[@mattdayphoto]

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

[@mathewmccarthy429]

Hope you're healing well Brother!!!!

[@mattdayphoto]

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

[@morizenfoche]

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.

[@RohamBroccoli]

Ilford, you making me believe again🙏

[@lorenzbouvier6467]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@velvethoot4507]

Bloody brilliant

[@Ilfordphoto]

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

[@billleontaritis7638]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

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

[@fingerluck]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

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 :)

[@alexisalvarado8949]

Respect to Joe from Mexico City!! Great shots

[@raquelmunoz2319]

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

[@GavStrange]

Love this series!

[@mcflysfireworks]

just beautiful

[@mckeyb907]

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

[@JORGEGONZALEZ-jm8vy]

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]

Sounds like this series was made for you!

[@MSfilms100]

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

[@Exploredinary]

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.

[@jasonblake5576]

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

[@777millertime777]

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

[@ShawnBrezny]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

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

[@inkpinz]

It is indeed extremely limited.

[@jayadams2801]

too late. world's a mess now

[@vijeeshm7317]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

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

[@hogg1media627]

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]

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

[@barryfelton1656]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

Great to hear. :)

[@Gennaesse]

What a legend.

[@The35mmman]

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]

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

[@The35mmman]

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

[@desmtb]

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

[@bareingredients]

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]

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.

[@Larpy1933]

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

[@Exploredinary]

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)

[@CamMead]

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

[@Exploredinary]

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

[@CertainExposures]

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

[@justinlansdale]

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]

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

[@mikecorbut703]

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

[@lukaklips7522]

this is great thank you

[@Limud613]

Loving these Ilford videos

[@Exploredinary]

GIFTED UNLIMITED thanks for watching the series!!

[@itmaybethinkingtime6114]

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]

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

[@jasonblake5576]

What a cool guy!! Inspirational!!

[@therealpoka]

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

[@ep6728]

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

[@davidmb2587]

Xpan + F100! Good taste!

[@davidmb2587]

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

[@vividvulpe9842]

Good stuff

[@jeg569]

Amazing and inspirational video, thank you.

[@deadredeyes]

Joe's a legend. Thanks for this!

[@Ilfordphoto]

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

[@rickhauser9698]

This is absolutely fantastic

[@davidcolbeth7062]

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.

[@johnkraemer5505]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

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

[@TheChuckism1]

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]

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]

Thanks for the reply with the soundtrack info. Outstanding.

[@teleandtwin65]

Great piece. Please do more of these.

[@thetrailtog]

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

[@Subspacesk8stuff]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

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]

@@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.

[@adamm4926]

So good. Thanks to all involved.

[@johnmarsland3442]

Awesome film! great to see Ilford doing this!

[@geonik7]

Fantastic documentary. Well done Ilford and filmmakers!

[@Exploredinary]

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

[@jerekbarcelona4697]

So cherry, thanks ILFORD for the awesome series.

[@branstonobrian6996]

Great guy, great photos - thanks for this!

[@IainHC1]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

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

[@itwasthelight]

Best dude in skateboarding.

[@grantbrittain1161]

Thanks for your dedication and skill Joe!

[@Exploredinary]

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

[@shredsville7409]

Beautifully done. Inspired.

[@fowetwork]

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

[@peterlukac8458]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

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

[@peterlukac8458]

@@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.

[@CARBDOPING]

This was so great to stumble upon! Great work!

[@Ilfordphoto]

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

[@kribomon]

Fantastic video and great inspiration, love these.

[@Exploredinary]

bennybaha thanks for watching! Happy you enjoyed the series 😊

[@Loopsrainforest]

I need more of this!

[@Patsesson]

Keep this awesome series coming!

[@Exploredinary]

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

[@carlgoetzinger6876]

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

[@noah-jazz]

Thanks Joe

[@shred_LA]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

He is a really inspiring and talented Guy.

[@lxrzd]

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]

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!

[@Keithphotorama]

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

[@Exploredinary]

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

[@ryan2stix]

Great shooting, great footage, great editing.

[@Exploredinary]

ryan2stix thanks so much! Happy you enjoyed the film

[@suskipatineta]

LEGEND

[@WayneKnight_Rider]

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

[@goranpavletic2145]

Great production!Keep going!

[@Exploredinary]

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

[@Sketchyskate]

Thank you guys. thank you skateboarding

[@hikingwithmarty]

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]

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]

@@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!

[@d72TV]

zajebisty klimat , piękne kadry

[@clipperfire2735]

THANKS.

[@antoinedbf4307]

Love this !

[@christinefalk5563]

love this guy

[@Ilfordphoto]

Us too! Hes a fantastic film photographer and a genuinely nice guy

[@tonyzhu403]

Excellent Short Film and Very Interesting Story. Just a Personal Curiosity. For Fast Actions, why not Digital? Maybe B&W Digital?

[@kevinh.2047]

Well done!

[@batatakustomtattoo7084]

Boss! Thanks inspiration.... s2

[@boydolthoff82]

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....

[@dogga6313]

the sickest!!

[@areabass]

Great short doc. Someone hand me my camera.

[@analog_process3156]

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

[@Ilfordphoto]

Let us know what you think Angelo

[@analog_process3156]

@@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.

[@AugustDoP]

Love this.

[@crlclssic]

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

[@rogeriopeccioli1616]

Excelente!!

[@takenotesadv]

Amazing

[@zguy95135]

Epic!

[@wearetheunknown8162]

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

[@johnjohnson6893]

Did the yellow shirt dude at 2:53 make it?

[@Ilfordphoto]

Ha Ha. Yes it leaves you wondering doesn't it?

[@JakeBorchenko]

Ahhh so good! Thanks for this.

[@fomitty7076]

Sweet...x

[@jamesgough3247]

This one is brilliant! Anyone know what kinda Nikon he was using?

[@mattdayphoto]

James Gough Nikon F100. It’s a workhorse.

[@mathewmccarthy429]

Nikon F100

[@adamblackman6660]

Ilford Hp5 @ 800 is my jam!

[@Ilfordphoto]

That's because you have great taste;)

[@mmikaojONE]

Those downhill skaters are lunatics. I think it's amazing

[@Ilfordphoto]

Thanks Joakim. Make sure you check out the other 2 videos 2 with Ray Barbee and Jason Lee

[@misterfantastikscienz390]

Uauuuuu.profeshional fotografo fotografo , biutful. , Saluti da Italia Cicciocinema

[@luxinterna3370]

I have the same toyo. great camera. :)

[@666Nasky]

idol, legend

[@alexgrd75]

Dope.

[@adamsargent5105]

I'm not a skateboarder but I'm definitely wanting to do skateboard photography