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Michael Lee Jackson
Apr 4, 20214 min read
Back to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
I got up at 5 a.m. yesterday, packed and drove to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest to see some very old friends. It’s about 5 hours...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Super Bloom released
My new photo book, Super Bloom is now available via Amazon. It's a series of photographs from the incredible 2019 super bloom at the...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Jul 26, 20201 min read
Interview with Rick Halpern
I was interviewed by photographer, professor and historian, Rick Halpern for his series called Northern Exposure, and we talked road...
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Michael Lee Jackson
May 28, 20208 min read
Refuge & Star Circles in the western Nevada desert
This cabin was a welcome respite from the howling windstorm outside before it was truly dark, and the winds died down. The cabin moves a...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Sep 23, 201910 min read
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
The oldest living non-clonal organisms on earth are Bristlecone Pine trees that live less than 6 hours from Los Angeles, California...
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Michael Lee Jackson
May 28, 20199 min read
The story behind my Cerro Gordo Star Circles Photograph
In 2014 or so when I first decided to try my hand at some basic astrophotography, I had no idea what to do, as tends to be the case...
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Michael Lee Jackson
May 1, 20191 min read
Carrizo Plain NPR Interview & New Gallery
I had a fabulous time photographing the Carrizo Plain bloom this year. I learned a lot. I found new places, met some great people, and...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Jun 13, 20184 min read
New Orleans
It would be impossible to do a comprehensive photo essay on New Orleans in only a couple days. There is so much interesting architecture,...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Jun 3, 201816 min read
Road Trip Chronicles #47 Los Angeles to Victoria, British Columbia
Actually this is the first Road Trip Chronicle I’ve written titled as such, and #47 is probably an underestimate. It all starts out...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Mar 28, 20189 min read
Visting Thailand 2018
Cape Shambhala, my destination in Koh Lanta. I've been to this wondrous country many times over the last eighteen or so years, and though...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Jan 12, 20181 min read
Joe Satriani & Glenn Hughes - Recording Joe Satriani's new record "What Happens Next&qu
On March 28, 2017 I was invited to Sunset Sound studios in Hollywood during one of the sessions for Joe's new record, "What Happens...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Jan 1, 20184 min read
Thomas Fire in Ventura County, CA
On December 30 and January 1, 2017 I drove from Los Angeles up to Ventura county to witness some of the destruction from the Thomas fire...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Dec 14, 20171 min read
Photo Galleries Update
The Landscape, Dogs, Other Creatures, Rural Decay and Sunset galleries have been updated with some recent shots.
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Michael Lee Jackson
Dec 12, 20176 min read
Recording Herding Cats & The Trip West
I’m back in LA after an amazing trip east to Buffalo where I played with my new band of ebbing and flowing misfits, the Gatos Malos at...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Dec 12, 20171 min read
Shadow Photo Book - Available Now
The Shadow photo book is now exclusively available from Spoiled Rotten in Buffalo New York and they are shipping world-wide. Click on the...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Nov 20, 20171 min read
Shadow Photo Book To Be Out In Time For Christmas!
I'm so excited to have finished this up and to be able to share it with anyone who's interested. It's a photo triptych of sorts of a...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Oct 25, 20171 min read
Photo Shoot with Lizzie Cundy
Fun photo shoot this afternoon at Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica with Fubar Radio host and Sky presenter (among many other things),...
Michael Lee Jackson
Oct 21, 20172 min read
Busy times
Busy times. Happy to let you know the Shadow photo book is out to the designer, and should be off to the printer in about a week. Stay...
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Michael Lee Jackson
Aug 26, 20164 min read
Back to Cerro Gordo
(Cerro Gordo Perseid meteor composite ©2016 MLJ) On August 12, 2016 I drove back up to Cerro Gordo ghost town to attempt to photograph...
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