Nathan Vass
Nathan Vass is an artist, filmmaker, photographer, and author by day, and a Metro bus driver by night, where his community-building work has been showcased on TED, NPR, The Seattle Times, KING 5 and landed him a spot on Seattle Magazine’s 2018 list of the 35 Most Influential People in Seattle. He has shown in over forty photography shows is also the director of nine films, six of which have shown at festivals, and one of which premiered at Henry Art Gallery. His book, The Lines That Make Us, is a Seattle bestseller and 2019 WA State Book Awards finalist.
We've all been there. You're standing over here, and they're over there, not too far from you. It's a public space. They're screaming. You...
I love doing these things. Click here for the video—stories from the road, Tom and I on the book, and plenty of Q&A from a lively...
What has it felt like, returning to the 7?
I stepped away from the chaos to focus on art and school. Those twin pursuits continue,...
I walk out to the parking garage, or to the bus stop home as the case may be, feeling the sensations of the day...
“How you doin’!” I exclaimed, immediately realizing that given this man’s appearance I sounded way too enthusiastic. I couldn’t help myself: I was clam-happy...
Thank you, lovelies, for coming out to these things. It moves me in ways I hope I intimate in my overly excited hugs and...
After receiving an enormous amount of responses in a variety of places regarding the subject matter of a certain recent post, I wanted to add a few...
This was lifetimes ago. Summer of 2003, one year of high school remaining. I strolled the flatlands of Compton with camera in hand, up...