About
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, KING5 and landed him a spot on Seattle Magazine’s 2018 list of the 35 Most Influential People in Seattle.
He has had work displayed in over forty photography shows, designed a book and three album covers, including two for Neil Welch. His “My Favorite Things” tour at Seattle Art Museum was the highest-attended such tour there. Nathan is also the director of nine films, six of which have shown at festivals, and one of which premiered at Henry Art Gallery. He has owned a photography business, Two Photography, with Larry Huang, and photographed a dozen-plus weddings. Born in South Central LA, he holds a BFA in Photography from the University of Washington, and is also a prolific writer and sometime painter. Formerly a Hollywood resident, he still contributes film reviews on occasion to Erik Samdahl's site, Filmjabber. Read a Seattle Times review one of his solo shows here.
In addition, he holds a side job as a public bus driver, which he enjoys almost as much as directing films- if not slightly more so! He is a two-time winner of Metro’s Operator of the Month award and holds a record number of commendations, and is the first individual operator in Metro history to win the WSDOT Wall of Fame award. His blog, The View From Nathan’s Bus, details his adventures on the road and has been featured in more than fifteen news outlets including NPR, The Seattle Times, Bare Naked Bravery, Slog, the Stranger’s news and arts blog, KPLU, The Urbanist, The Seattle Review of Books, The Seattle Star, The SunBreak, The NW Urbanist, and more.
His new book, The Lines That Make Us, is a Seattle bestseller, and is available at Elliott Bay and other area bookstores.
New to the site? Here's a one-page "crash course" with links and highlights: "Nathan Vass 101!"
He has had work displayed in over forty photography shows, designed a book and three album covers, including two for Neil Welch. His “My Favorite Things” tour at Seattle Art Museum was the highest-attended such tour there. Nathan is also the director of nine films, six of which have shown at festivals, and one of which premiered at Henry Art Gallery. He has owned a photography business, Two Photography, with Larry Huang, and photographed a dozen-plus weddings. Born in South Central LA, he holds a BFA in Photography from the University of Washington, and is also a prolific writer and sometime painter. Formerly a Hollywood resident, he still contributes film reviews on occasion to Erik Samdahl's site, Filmjabber. Read a Seattle Times review one of his solo shows here.
In addition, he holds a side job as a public bus driver, which he enjoys almost as much as directing films- if not slightly more so! He is a two-time winner of Metro’s Operator of the Month award and holds a record number of commendations, and is the first individual operator in Metro history to win the WSDOT Wall of Fame award. His blog, The View From Nathan’s Bus, details his adventures on the road and has been featured in more than fifteen news outlets including NPR, The Seattle Times, Bare Naked Bravery, Slog, the Stranger’s news and arts blog, KPLU, The Urbanist, The Seattle Review of Books, The Seattle Star, The SunBreak, The NW Urbanist, and more.
His new book, The Lines That Make Us, is a Seattle bestseller, and is available at Elliott Bay and other area bookstores.
New to the site? Here's a one-page "crash course" with links and highlights: "Nathan Vass 101!"
Contact
Reach Nathan by way of email here.
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All work presented on this website, including photos and text, are copyright Nathan Vass, unless otherwise indicated. Any use of this copyrighted work requires prior written approval from Nathan Vass.
