*Please Note: More on the way! This title is expected to arrive May 2023.*
The photographs in Jason Lee's forthcoming book, TX | CA 717 were made in July 2017 on one of the many drives the artist had taken between California and Texas over the years.
While Lee has previously published selected photographs from other similar cross country excursions, TX | CA 717 is the first offering of images pulled from a single point-to-point outing. They are presented in rough chronological order, moving east to west from North Texas to Los Angeles primarily along and surrounding Highways 287, 40/66, 62, and 10.
"Many of these places I’ve come to know quite well, with some documented frequently before and since this particular drive. It’s always a pleasure revisiting the familiar—these somehow comforting landmarks; these reminders—and equally exciting to discover new sights, make new pictures, and collect new memories. So you keep going. After sixteen years of photographing outside, I remain fascinated by the American landscape and all its parts both beautiful and curious."