Jes Lee

Current work: 'Digital Dreams of Life'

- 47 Pictures
<a href="/gallery/life/no-swimming/">no swimming</a><p><p> No Swimming <br /> <br /> Completed January 2008</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/bridge-somewhere/">Bridge to Somewhere</a><p><p> Bridge to Somewhere </p> <p> Completed February 2009&nbsp;</p> <p> Text added with an antique Chandler &amp; Price desktop letterpress using oil based inks.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/beware-sharks/">Beware of Sharks</a><p><p> Beware of Sharks </p> <p> Completed January 2009&nbsp;</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/industrialized/">Industrialized</a><p><p> Industrialized &nbsp;</p> <p> Pigmented ink jet print on heavy matt paper with text. </p> <p> Text was printed with a C&amp;P Platten press with oil based ink. <br /> Text reads: <br /> j:I finally found her... <br /> it took me awhile. we <br /> don&#39;t realize how big <br /> this world is compared <br /> to real world. she only <br /> lives here now. she says <br /> there is so much freedom <br /> and she doesn&#39;t miss <br /> anything from real world. <br /> could i stay here too? <br /> forever? i think i would <br /> miss the grass and clouds <br /> the most but even they <br /> are disappearing from <br /> real world. maybe if i <br /> look hard enough here <br /> i&#39;ll find where they went.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/histories/">histories</a><p><p> Histories&nbsp;</p> <p> Completed December 2007</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/Atlantis-8/">Atlantis 8</a><p><p> Atlantis #8<br /> <br /> Completed January 2008</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/Atlantis--7/">Atlantis 7</a><p><p> Atlantis #7 <br /> <br /> Completed January 2008</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/chicago-musings-1-1/">chicago musings 1-1</a><p><p> Chicago Musings #1 <br /> <br /> Completed August 2007</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/japan-Re-Mix/">Japan Re-Mix</a><p><p> Japan Re-Mix</p> <p> Compilation image. Includes 3 negatives: 2 from color slide film, 1 from black and white negative film. All shot with a Mamiya C330 medium format camera while we were in Japan.</p> <p> Completed July 2009.</p> </p>
<a href="/gallery/life/chicago-musings-2-1/">chicago musings 2-1</a><p><p> Chicago Musings #2 <br /> <br /> Completed August 2007</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/looking-through-windows/">looking through windows</a><p><p> Looking Through Windows <br /> <br /> Completed January 2008</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/osaka-night-lights/">Osaka Night Lights</a><p><p> Osaka Night Lights</p> <p> Compilation of two pictures I took in Japan. Both taken with a medium format Mamiya C330 camera, one using color film, one using black and white film.</p> <p> Created April, 2009</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/questionable-mood/">questionable mood</a><p><p> Questionable Mood</p> <p> One of the first compilations I made for this series.</p> <p> Completed 2006.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/city-music/">City Music</a><p><p> City Music</p> <p> Contains one polaroid (shot with a Hasselblad 501c with a Polaroid back using Silk 125 film) and two black and white film images (shot with the same camera, minus the polaroid back).</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/Focus/">Focus</a><p><p> Focus<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Completed January 2008</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/st-paul-sights/">st paul sights</a><p><p> St Paul Sights<br /> &nbsp;<br /> completed January 2008</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/Diner/">Diner</a><p><p> Diner</p> <p> Contains one Polaroid shot with a Hasselblad 501c camera using a Polaroid back with Silk 125 film, and two black and white images show with that same Hasselblad camera, minus the Polaroid back. <br /> &nbsp;</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/on-the-way-to-the-city/">on the way to the city</a><p><p> On the Way to the City <br /> <br /> Completed January 2008</p> </p>
<a href="/gallery/life/1s-and-0s/">1's and 0's</a><p><p> 1&#39;s and 0&#39;s.</p> <p> A compilation portrait. <br /> Composed of two Polaroid images and one black and white image taken with a Hasselblad 501c camera. <br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/what-side-of-the-tracks/">what side of the tracks</a><p><p> What Side of the Tracks<br /> <br /> Completed May 2007</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/storms/">storms</a><p><p> Storms <br /> <br /> Completed January 2008</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/The-Other-Side-of-the-Fence/">The Other Side of the Fence</a><p><p> The Other Side of the Fence </p> <p> Text was printed with a C&amp;P Platten press with oil based ink. <br /> Text reads: <br /> j:hello. is anyone here? <br /> q:you are back. where have you been? <br /> j:i don&#39;t know. (n/t)</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/behind-the-wizard-of-oz--s-fence/">behind the wizard of oz s fence</a><p><p> Behind the Wizard of Oz&#39;s Fence <br /> <br /> Completed January 2008</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/thats-hollywood/">thats hollywood</a><p><p> That&#39;s Hollywood</p> <p> <br /> Completed May 2007</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/what-once-was/">what once was</a><p><p> What Once Was</p> <p> <br /> Completed May 2007</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/call-home/">call home</a><p><p> Call Home</p> <p> <br /> Completed May 2007</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/we-are-here-part-2/">We Are Here</a><p><p> We Are Here </p> <p> Composed of 3 polaroid images taken with a Hasselblad 501 c/m using a polaroid back. </p> <p> November 2009.</p> </p>
<a href="/gallery/life/analog-player/">Analog player</a><p><p> You see many strange things in Dotombori</p> <p> Taken with a Canon 40D</p> <p> March 2009</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/japan-darkroom-print-1/">Japan darkroom print 1</a><p><p> Japan walkway Silver gelatin print Photo taken with a Mamiya C330 camera. Print completed November 2009</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/Sakura-and-Tokyo/">Sakura and Tokyo</a><p><p> Sakura and Tokyo</p> <p> work in progress</p> <p> Composed of 3 images - 2 color and 1 black and white medium format negatives taken with my Mamiya C330 in Japan.</p> <p> March 2010</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/Japans-story-book/">Japan's Story Book</a><p><p> Japan&#39;s Story Book</p> <p> Compilation of 3 images.</p> <p> All 3 images taken with my Canon 40D digital SLR during our trip to Japan.</p> <p> March 2010.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/where-we-grow/">Where We Grow</a><p><p> Where We Grow</p> <p> It is a compilation of 3 polaroid images., two images taken in Wynona, Minnesota, and one image taken in Fridley, Minnesota.</p> <p> All images were taken with a Hasselblad 501c/m using a Polaroid back.</p> <p> September 2009.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/to-dance-in-the-light-in-japan/">To Dance in the Light in Japan</a><p><p> To Dance in the Light in Japan</p> <p> I started this compilation awhile ago. I tweaked some of the layers a bit, and I am happier with this version. All images were taken in Japan with a Mamiya C330 camera - two color images, one black and white.</p> <p> Completed September 2009</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/sushi/">Sushi</a><p><p> Sushi</p> <p> Composed of three instant film images taken with a Polaroid Sx-70 camera.&nbsp;</p> <p> One expired 600 film image.</p> <p> Two PX100 images.&nbsp;</p> <p> Completed April 2010.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/trees/">Trees (Untitled)</a><p><p> Untitled Trees</p> <p> Compilation of 3 images from our trip to Hawaii.</p> <p> One black and white image (Ilford film), one color image (Fuji slide film), and one Polaroid (779 film)</p> <p> February 2010.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/tiki-and-diamondhead/">Tiki and Diamondhead</a><p><p> Tiki and Diamondhead</p> <p> Compilation of 3 images. One black and white and one color image taken with a Hasselblad 501c/m, and one Polaroid taken with an Sx-70 camera using expired 600 film.</p> <p> March 2010.</p> </p>
<a href="/gallery/life/mountains-background/">Hawai'i Trees in the Tune of Blue</a><p><p> Hawai&#39;i Trees in the Tune of Blue</p> <p> In Hawaii, there are always mountains along the horizon.</p> <p> Compilation of 3 images: 2 color images taken with a Hasselblad 501c/m and one polaroid taken with an Sx-70 using expired ATZ film.</p> <p> March 2010.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/beaches-and-walks-and-night/">Beaches and Walks and Night</a><p><p> Beaches and Walks and Night</p> <p> Compilation of 3 images - 2 color film images taken with a Hasselblad 501c/m and 1 Polaroid image taken with a Sx-70.</p> <p> March 2010</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/okinawa-and-dotombori-version-2/">Okinawa and Dotombori version 2</a><p><p> Okinawa and Dotombori</p> <p> Compilation of 3 images. 2 black and white images taken with medium format film using a Mamiya C330, 1 color image taken with a Canon D40 digital SLR in Japan.</p> <p> March 2010.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/alternative/">Alternative</a><p><p> Alternative</p> <p> Version 2 of this compilation.</p> <p> Composed of 3 black and white medium format film images, one color polaroid image, and one color layer.</p> <p> March 2010.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/transport/">Transport</a><p><p> Transport</p> <p> Compilation image <br /> Created using two images from Japan. <br /> Both images taken with a Mamiya C330 camera - one using Fuji color slide film, one using Ilford black and white film. </p> <p> Completed August 2009.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/where-you-walk-part-2/">Where You Walk</a><p><p> Where You Walk</p> <p> November 2009.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/culture-clash/">Culture Clash</a><p><p> Completed (finally!) August 2010</p> <p> Consists of 4 images: one black and white and one color medium format film images taken with a Mamiya C330, and two Polaroids taken with an Sx-70 camera, one with Fade to Black film and one with ATZ film.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/st-anthony-main-potential-part-3/">St Anthony Main</a><p><p> St. Anthony Main</p> <p> Compilation image - one image taken with a Polaroid Sx-70 camera using 779 film, one image taken with a Hasselblad 501c/m using a polaroid back and Silk 125i peel apart film, one image taken with a Holga using black and white film. <br /> <br /> December 2009.</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/gold-medal-flour-compilation-part-2/">Gold Medal Flour </a><p><p> Gold Medal Flour <br /> <br /> Compilation consisting of 2 polaroids and one black and white image. <br /> <br /> December 2009.</p> </p>
<a href="/gallery/life/hawaii-skyline-possible-dream/">Hawai'i Skyline as possible in a Dream</a><p><p> Hawai&#39;i Skyline as Possible in a Dream</p> <p> Compilation of two photos - one black and white medium format film image and one polaroid.&nbsp;</p> <p> February 2010</p> </p> <a href="/gallery/life/sign-says-no-tresspassing-compilation/">The Sign Says No Tresspassing</a><p><p> The Sign Says No Tresspassing</p></p>